Liberia: Heritage's Reporter Wins Human Rights Award

8 January 2013

A reporter of the Independent Authoritative Heritage Newspaper has been handed the country's Sexual & Gender Based Violence(SGBV)Award 2012 in the print category. Mr. Eugene K. Myers was handed the award over the weekend at a colorful ceremony held at Corina Hotel in Sinkor, Monrovia. The SGBV Award was organized by the Liberia Media Center (LMC) in collaboration with the UN Women and the Journalist for Human Right (jhr).

According to the panelists, Mr. Myers' entry for the competition was considered the best of all the entries submitted under the print category. Presenting the award to Mr. Myers, the Secretary General of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), Mr. Charles Coffee, lauded the Liberian Journalist for lifting the name of profession in the country.

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