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Find out more about who we are and what we are trying to achieve


MISSION

The Fourth Estate is a non-profit, public interest and accountability
investigative journalism project of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
Our aim is to promote independent and critical research-based journalism that
holds those in power answerable to the people they govern.

Our focus is the fight against corruption, especially in the public sector. The
project, which is based in Ghana, prioritises quality investigative and in-depth
reporting in the areas of governance, environment, health and human rights. We
aim to promote transparency, accountability and due process in these areas
through independent, in-depth journalism. We also aim to routinely highlight
critical issues affecting people’s lives, shape public policy, empower people
and restore public trust and confidence in journalism. 

The Fourth Estate is a response to state actors’ ever-tightening noose around
the neck of critical journalism, which robs them of the freedom to freely carry
out their watchdog role. Economic and other considerations also undermine the
media’s watchdog role of holding the government accountable to the people, an
unfortunate development which causes public confidence in the media to wane.

 An Afrobarometer Report published on May 2, 2019,  revealed that even though
media freedom was on the decline in Africa as a whole, the situation in West
Africa was particularly worrying. The report noted that compared with other
regions on the continent, public support for media freedom was lowest in West
Africa, the only region where the majority of the public (57%) said they would
support media censorships by governments.  


THE TEAM

Our team is composed of seasoned journalists as well as a cadre of well-trained
and highly motivated young journalists who are eager to help improve society and
lives through ethical, fearless and impactful journalism.


FUNDING

The Project is funded through grants received by the MFWA as part of its media
and good governance programme. Thus, our newsroom is completely insulated from
any possible control by government and/or commercial interests because we do not
depend on government or commercial entities for advertising or other sources of
funding.


OPERATIONS

Our team of journalists works under the guidance of an editorial board made up
of accomplished and experienced former journalists/editors, journalism academics
and a lawyer, that reviews and validates all reports before publication.


CHANNELS OF PUBLICATION

The main mediums of broadcast are the website and YouTube Channel of The Fourth
Estate.

We also have content distribution agreements with credible media outlets,
notably The Multimedia Group.


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