Last Thursday, many celebrated thanksgiving across the world. Today, Nov. 29, we’re celebrating Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations, by asking you to support a Liberian journalism treasure.
Since The Bush Chicken launched in January 2015, we’ve been providing a quality of writing and selection of stories that is unrivaled by any other Liberian newspaper.
Throughout this year, our stories have had a variety of focus and impact. We’ve held government agencies accountable when they lapsed in providing quality services to citizens and we’ve drawn attention to government agencies that fail to protect citizens from large corporations. We’ve been the ones to pursue blatant abuse of the public trust, including a series of stories leading to the dismissal of top Tubman University officials.
Because of our presence in rural areas, we are also the first to carry crucial news from those regions, such as a suspected cases of polio in Nimba, which we followed until after testing was done in Cote d’Ivoire. In the health field, we’ve also written stories providing in-depth analysis on important issues, such as the higher than expected life expectancy of Liberians, compared to neighboring countries.
We’ve done this all with beautiful storytelling, such as our article conveying the impact of the Ebola epidemic on members of the burial teams. But our articles are not all serious and we can also have some fun, as with our comprehensive July 26 party planning guide.
Besides our great selection of stories, no other independent news outlet (radio station or newspapers) in Liberia has its reporters refuse to accept payments from newsmakers. And when our business entity has financial interests with subjects of stories our reporters write, we make a disclosure to allow our readers to understand the connections.
It’s important to state that the service you receive as a reader costs over US$1,000 a month to produce, the vast majority of which goes towards reporters’ salaries.
If you have truly enjoyed our work and you want us to improve, we urge you to become more than a passive reader. We ask that you donate a US$50 one-time gift. Your efforts will ensure that we keep telling important stories about Liberia and work to improve our country.
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If you are in Liberia and don’t have a credit card, you can also make a donation via Mobile Money (0886 485-112).
Thank you.