The Acting President of the Press Union of Liberia, Mr. Jacob Parley, is calling on his fellow Liberian Media Practitioners to stop blaming others in society for the numerous challenges facing journalists in the country.

According to Mr. Parley, while it may be true that some of the problems facing the Liberian Media may be attributed to the poor performance of other segments of the Liberian society, journalists should hold themselves accountable for the bulk of the situation.

The Press Union of Liberia Acting President named some of the challenges facing Liberian journalists as severe economic constraints, lack of logistical empowerment and poor working environment.

Mr. Parley however noted that what he sees as the most embarrassing situation is the seemingly declining integrity of the Liberian Media due to what he calls the unprofessional practices by some journalists.

Speaking to this paper in an exclusive interview, the Liberian Journalist further said such unrefined attitude by some journalists continues to cast dark cloud over the performance of the country's entire media environment.

According to the PUL Acting President, there is a need for well-meaning Liberian Journalists to work along with the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia in protecting the integrity of the country's media landscape.

Mr. Parley underscored a number of things, which according to will help to restore the respect of journalists.

He said unless the integrity of journalists is upheld by themselves, others will continue to treat us with disrespect in most instances.

"When certain programs are restricted, do not force yourself into the fence contending that it is a must that you cover that program".

"Let us go after other crucial issues affecting our lives as a nation, like the bad roads, climate change, our cultural and religious values, etc, rather than always chasing an official or CEO of an NGO to get news", he observed.

The Liberian Journalists further observed that there are some media managers who pay their staff salaries that do no commensurate with their performance when these very media managers keep accusing owners on non-media related institutions of underpaying their workers.

He called on PUL members to equally consider correcting and solving their own problems rather than seeing others as the devil in their lives.

Mr. Parley however said the current leadership of the Press Union of Liberia is concerned about the huge challenges facing Liberian Journalists and would keep striving to find solution to them.