PAIR - Programme for African Investigative Reporting

The Programme for African Investigative Reporting (PAIR) works to support and develop investigative journalism in Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. PAIR has been developed by IMS and the Danish Association of Investigative Journalism and is carried out in cooperation with West Africa Media Foundation. Visit their website at pair-africa.org

Archive

Paving the way for investigative journalism in West Africa


Ivorian reporter in action. Photo by Jesper Højberg , IMS.

02.05.2011
The peer-to-peer investigative journalism network PAIR is thriving in West African countries and creating a network across borders

A frontrunner in West Africa


Paa Kwesi Plange, national PAIR coordinator in Ghana. Photo: Suzanne Moll/IMS

12.07.2010
Meet Paa Kwesi Plange, journalist in Ghana. As newly appointed national coordinator in Ghana, Paa will be one of the pioneers in the PAIR programme for investigative reporting, which is to support professional strengthening of journalism in West Africa in the coming three years

Moving mountains with investigative journalism


IMS supports investigative journalism in Ghana. Photo: Manja Kamwi/IMS

29.03.2010
Investigative journalism can strengthen transparency and civil society in West Africa and ensure that media fulfill their role as watchdog

West Africa needs investigative journalism


Francis Domo and Daisy Prempeh of Media Foundation West Africa. Photo: Jane Møller/IMS

24.03.2010
Six months after the Programme for Investigative Reporting in West Africa (PAIR) was initiated in five West African countries, IMS speaks to its leading partner on the ground about what role PAIR can play for media in the region

Young reporters in Burkina Faso need role models


Rachelle Some, aspiring investigative journalist in Burkina Faso. Photo: Helene Chéret/FUJ

08.03.2010
Young journalists in Burkina Faso want to be investigative journalists, although the fear of being arrested, persecuted and not being taken seriously comes with the job
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