SIERRA LEONE ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS (SLAJ) ------------------------------------------------- Statement by President of SLAJ on WORLD RADIO DAY 2020 Freetown: 13|2|2020 ------------------------------------------------- The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) today, Thursday, 13th February, 2020, joins the rest of the world in observing WORLD RADIO DAY 2020. This day celebrates the role of radio in educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression and democratic dialogue across nations. In Sierra Leone, radio remains the most pervasive. The bulk of the population, especially in rural Sierra Leone, depend on radio for information. Limited technological infrastructure, lack of electricity, expensive data, etc. are real challenges that make radio easily accessible and the cheapest medium of communication for national development. Moreover, in this age of growing social media and mis-information, radio has proven to be quite reliable, an avenue for ...
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