The report also found that many journalists had the feeling that law enforcement agencies and the judiciary did very little to protect their safety. - Audrey Gadzekpo

The study found that the traditional media organisations were heavily dependent on the pharmaceutical industry, especially herbal products, for adverts.

Beyond building connections within institutions, the APN has helped me to meet contacts working on similar topics throughout Africa. Sometimes, when I am writing a paper and want to have an idea of those that are doing similar work or topics, I first go through my APN contacts and see if anyone has done something in this field, what their thinking is, and then build on that. Future APN grantees should take advantage of the large and growing network, in formal and informal ways, because it’s really a great resource.

It was discovered that in most of the media houses, there was no clear-cut promotion mechanisms.