Communicating Justice

Olive Thomas of Star Radio

January 13, 2008 – Olive Thomas of Star Radio wins the top prize in our latest competition for her report on a key testimony before Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Othello Garblah of the New Democrat newspaper wins second prize and Macdonald Metzger of UNMIL Radio is in third place, also for reports focussing on the TRC.

Olive receives a portable computer with digital sound editing software and a digital Marantz recorder. Othello also gets a portable computer and Macdonald gets a digital Marantz recorder.

Click here to listen to Olive’s story

Click here to read Othello’s story

“Olive’s report was particularly clear and lively,” says Communicating Justice Project Director Julia Crawford. “Clarity and simplicity are at the heart of the training delivered by our project, while all three prizewinning reports cover important transitional justice issues. Congratulations to the  winners, and thanks to all those who contributed reports for the competition.”