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For the first time, constituents in Liberia’s 73 electoral districts will now benefit from a new information-on-demand service about the work of their Representatives and Senators in the National Legislature.
On December 8th and 10th, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs hosted community radio journalists and the Legislature’s Press staff in Gbarnga and Monrovia to build common skills in using Freedom Fone, an audio clip distribution service that will provide community radio stations with audio recordings of legislators by mobile phone. Fifteen community radio journalists and ten staff of the Legislature’s Press and Public Affairs bureaus attended. This Freedom Fone training sponsored by NDI-Liberia will enable radio journalists from across Liberia to access up-to-date legislative news on demand, with the use of a mobile phone.
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