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Intensive Media Training for Sierra Leonean Journalists to Report Upon HumanTrafficking (2024)

The Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking (JCOGT), in collaboration with the Center on HumanTrafficking Research and Outreach (CenHTRO) at the University of Georgia, conducted a six month training programme for Sierra Leonean journalists to report upon human trafficking.

Building on prior training programs for Sierra Leonean journalists, the fellowship further deepened investigations into human trafficking in previously uncovered communities.

Through a series of online and in-country activities, including field work, journalists deepened their insights about why and how trafficking happens in Sierra Leone.

Participants received story coaching, mentoring, editorial assistance and financial support to produce high quality and in-depth stories.

Journalists

Alusine Sesay
Premier News
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Rachael Amara
Nyapui Radio
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Press releases

University of Georgia to host virtual launch of anti-trafficking program in Sierra Leone (The Sierra Leone Telegraph)

Twelve Sierra Leone Journalists Awarded CenHTRO and JCOGT Fellowships to Report on Human Trafficking in Sierra Leone

Twelve Sierra Leone Journalists Awarded CenHTRO and JCOGT Fellowships to Report on Human Trafficking, marking a program expansion

Research papers

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