Rodney Sieh is one of Africa's finest investigative journalists, and this is his story.
Not only his personal chronicle, but the story of virtually every journalist today, in an era that has been consumed by daily Tweets, and a 24—hour news cycle that has seen real news overtaken by fake news.
An era that has seen some leaders of the "free world" terrorizing journalists into submission. As publisher of Liberia's leading newspaper, Front Page Africa, Sieh's explosive reports have led to arrests, prosecutions, and investigations of prominent Liberian government officials. Sentences to 5,000 years' imprisonment for a trumped—up libel charge in 2013, Sieh's arrest and jailing triggered an international outcry and highlighted the continuing existence of criminal libel statutes in Africa which allow politicians to use the courts to intimidate and silence media.
"A legend in Liberia, and a mystery to those closest to him, Rodney Sieh is the most committed — nay, single—minded journalist I've ever known….For Sieh, journalism is a creed, a faith that offers salvation to a world in urgent need of it, and his story shows the high price of living without compromise."
—— Brooke Gladstone WNYC On the Media

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