THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN [RE] BUILDING PEACE IN AFRICAN STATES
Author: Sergio dos Céus Nelson [1] E-mail: sergiodoscnelson@gmail.com Photo: Google In my studies on what I consider to be the prelude to journalism, I came across Daniel Cornu (1994) who argues that “journalists are heirs to a past. They are bearers of a tradition of freedom”. Looking at journalism from this perspective means understanding the challenges that the profession continues to face in the African context, in particular, and in the world, in general. I believe that in recent times there is no better way to define journalism than as one of the essencial oxygen for the breathing of a democracy. After all, exercising the right to information is fundamental for the realization of economic, social and political rights and for streamlining the ability of each citizen to make decisions about their lives and, in a broader context, allowing countries to better define their agendas and understand the logic of international policies, in order to be able to compete with other actor...