New Narratives is immensely proud that our fellow and Senior Reporter for Front Page Africa Tecee Boley has won the 2014 Konrad-Adnauer-Stiftung scholarship to the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tecee was one of three journalists chosen from across Africa for the prestigious program. Tecee was one of the first reporters to…
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NN’s Robtel Pailey named to Top 99 Foreign Policy Professionals Under 33
WASHINGTON, DC: The Diplomatic Courier and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy are pleased to announce that Robtel Pailey, Opinion Columnist with New Narratives, has been recognized on the 2013 “99 Under 33,” an international list noting the most influential foreign policy leaders under the age of 33. The complete list is available at: www.diplomaticourier.com/99Under33. See…
NN’s Wade Williams Wins German Development Prize for Africa
NN is very proud of fellow and FrontPage Africa Newsroom Chief Wade William who capped a brilliant year last night by winning the German Media Development Prize for Africa at a ceremony in Berlin – on her birthday! The win follows Wade’s success in winning a prestigious Dag Hammarskjold fellowship to the UN last year…
NN Reporting Prompts Govt to Announce Elimination of Female Genital Cutting Day
In the wake of the international uproar prompted by death threats against NN Country Manager Mae Azango, the Liberian government has taken the unprecedented step of announcing February 6 will be “Intensifying Efforts for Elimination of Female Genital Cutting” Day. Before the breakthrough reporting by Azango in FrontPage Africa and NN fellow Tetee Gebro for…
Letter of Support from an Appreciative Reader
Letter from Liberian reader, Flomo Freeman to New Narratives: Today is a very all important one to extend thanks and appreciations to staff and team members at New Narratives media institution. You all are doing an amazing and sacrificial job that many people would otherwise do in a society where many parts remain inaccessible and…
NN’s Mae Azango Wins Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Award
New Narratives is delighted one of our senior fellows Mae Azango has been chosen as one of four international journalists to receive the 2012 Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Award. The award recognizes Mae’s courage in reporting earlier this year on the health risks of female genital cutting in traditional societies in her…
NN’s Proudest Moment: Reporting Prompts Leaders to Herald End of Female Genital Cutting
In a powerful example of the impact support for African media can have, NN’s reporting has prompted Liberian leaders to announce the end of one of the most harmful practices endured by women in Africa. Reporting by NN’s Mae Azango and Tetee Gebro has prompted the Liberian government and traditional leaders to announce they had shut…
NN Reports First Interviews With Gay Men in Liberia
NN fellow Wade Williams and photographer Chase Walker have published the first interviews with openly gay men in Liberia. The story was published as gay rights activists have been attacked and faced death threats in the country. The reporting took considerable bravery on the part of our reporters, the interview subjects and FrontPage Africa editor…
NN and FrontPage Africa Feature Liberia’s First Interview with Homosexuals
At New Narratives we believe discussing issues in a public forum is the first step to finding solutions that will protect the rights of all people. For that reason we are proud that are reporter, FrontPage Africa editor Wade Williams has done the first interviews with gay Liberians to run in the country’s press. Prior to…
US government gives $50K to Liberian rape clinic featured in NN reporting
The THINK rape clinic in Monrovia, featured in New Narratives reporting on child rape, has been granted $50,000 by the US embassy in Liberia to keep up their outstanding work. A 3-year-old rape victim walked into the clinic when NN was reporting there in 2010. Said clinic supervisor Elizabeth Kekula: “We tell leaders that tiny children…
New Narratives fellow Mae Azango becomes the second Liberian woman to win a US reporting grant.
FrontPage Africa reporter Mae Azango has been selected as one of four African journalists to win a prestigious grant from the U.S.-based Pulitzer Center to cover reproductive health issues. Mae will join 3 other African journalists awarded the grants at the International Conference on Family Planning in Senegal from November 28 – December 3. The…
Malaysian palm oil plantation is fined by the EPA after extensive reporting by NN fellows exposed misdeeds.
The Liberian Environmental Protection Authority has fined Malaysian Palm Oil giant Sime Darby $50,000 for violating it’s operating permit in the country. New Narratives reporting on the subject revealed that the company had evicted many local people from their homes and farms and had failed to build the schools, housing and sanitation promised as part…
New Narratives reporter wins prestigious Pulitzer Center grant to travel to World Water Week in Sweden and report on water and sanitation issues.
Tecee Boley, NN fellow and Liberian Women’s Democracy Radio reporter, becomes the first Liberian to win a grant with the US based Pulitzer Center. Tecee will travel to Sweden to attend World Water Week – her first trip outside West Africa. Tecee and the Pulitzer Center will then travel to Liberia to report on the…
Chief of police forces police to arrest a police officer accused of rape and launches investigation into police brutality after reporting by NN fellow Mae Azango and Ichi Vazquez – August 8, 2011
Liberian Police Chief George Bardu has demanded police arrest a policeman who was accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. The move comes a month after NN fellow Mae Azango and CUNY student and NN intern Ichi Vazquez broke the story in FrontPage Africa of a mother who reported the rape of her 11-year-old daughter to…
New Narratives reporters become first women in Liberia to win national reporting awards. July 2011
In a huge night for New Narratives two of our reporters won national reporting awards at the prestigious Press Union of Liberia awards. Tecee Boley of Liberian Democracy Radio was awarded Development Journalist of the Year. Clara Mallah of FrontPage Africa was awarded Women’s Reporter of the Year. They joined NN friend Eva Flomo of…
United Nations launches investigation into peacekeepers use of child and teen prostitutes after NN reporting exposes widespread practice
The UN Mission in Liberia has launched an investigation into the use of prostitutes by it’s 8000-strong force of peacekeepers in the country after NN fellows Clara Mallah and Tecee Boley reported on several young teenage girls who claimed to have slept with peacekeepers since they were as young as 9. The story entitled: “I…
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf calls on NN reporters to testify on Child Rape Expose.
NN reporters Clara Mallah of FrontPage Africa and Sonnie Morris of SkyFM have appeared at a panel convened by President Johnson Sirleaf and women’s rights activist Leymah Gbowee to testify on the widespread problems of child and teenage rape and prostitution in Liberia. In response President Johnson Sirleaf promised to build a safehouse for victims…
President responds to issues raised in NN reporting in the State of the Nation address. January 2011
Four months after NN reporting first caused an uproar in Liberia and the Diaspora by exposing the widespread reliance on prostitution by children as young as 9 to survive Liberia President Johnson Sirleaf has talked of the issues in her annual State of the Nation address. Saying she was keenly aware of how important Liberia’s…