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Elections & Media

Citizens in the region have recognised the role media plays in informing them about elections. Thus, reporting that is comprehensive and balanced is key to empowering citizens and to providing them with the necessary information that helps them to vote wisely.

MISA thus, initiated an intervention to assist media practitioners build their skills in reporting effectively and in such a way that information becomes easily digestible and informative to the electorates.

MISA's intervention has been facilitating regional and national training foras for media practitioners and developing election guidelines for media reporting and monitoring of election coverage, including a broadcasting election coverage code of conduct for public broadcasters being done in colaboration with SABA.

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