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One reason for that is the economics of it; people can’t afford to buy newspapers. And another reason is literacy; newspapers would only be able to reach a small chunk of the population. So patterns of production and consumption are not the same as in the West.

— Tolu Ogunlesi

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People are not born journalists – you may be born with such skills that help you become a better journalist, but you have to learn.

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There is an obsession with Western media – if Western media doesn’t say it, we don’t believe it.

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