Community journalism and the challenges of rural reporting in nigeria pdf

Television is acknowledged as the most important medium for communicating with the rural populations of developing countries (FAO, 2001)

Despite their vaunted objectivity and self-acclaimed commitment to fairness, it can be argued that the Nigerian mass media has over the years, solely neglected the rural areas

There are many challenges to communication in rural like Low literacy level, poor media reach and exposure

Findings reveal that lack of funding, insecurity, ownership influence, threat and suit, time constraint, poor access, poor remuneration; among others are major constraints to the practice of investigative journalism in Nigeria