Media and elections

2017 election project: Live simultaneous broadcast for professional reporting

MISA Lesotho, with the support of Open Society Initiative in Southern Africa, embarked in an innovative initiative reporting initiative for the National Assembly elections held on 3rd June, 2017.

The project consisted of training and coordinating 40 journalists – four in each of the 10 districts of Lesotho – who reported live through MISA Lesotho’s broadcasting studio. (The audio and video can be found here). This reporting was broadcast simultaneously by 12 participating radio stations.

The 2017 reporting project was designed to ensure that a team of journalists trained on the media’s electoral code were able to report independently and credibly rather than reporting in a politically polarised manner.

Read more about the live election reporting project here.

Media and election news from our chapters

Local government election reporting workshop 2017

Local government election reporting workshop 2017

To contribute to transparent, accountable and credible holding of local government elections as tenants of peace and stability, MISA Lesotho trained 42 journalists to cover local government elections held in Lesotho on 30th September, 2017. The training was held...

12 radio stations broadcast election live and simultaneously

12 radio stations broadcast election live and simultaneously

In the elections held on 3rd June, 2017 to elect members to the National Assembly, MISA Lesotho, with the support of Open Society Initiative in Southern Africa, embarked on a rather innovative election reporting project. The project comprised of training journalists...

Review of 2015 election reporting and peace building project

Review of 2015 election reporting and peace building project

In September 2015, MISA Lesotho held a workshop to review the progress and impact of its Media Peace Building and Conflict Reporting Now project. In addition to reviewing progress, the meeting, which was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),...