STATE OF THE MEDIA REPORT QUARTER 4, 2020 STATE OF THE MEDIA REPORT Fourth Quarter (October-December) 2020 © 2020. Published by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter P a g e 1 | 56 STATE OF THE MEDIA REPORT QUARTER 4, 2020 Contact Us; The National Director, Plot 3814, Martin Mwamba Road, Olympia, Lusaka-Zambia. Tel: 0211 294285/6 Email:
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[email protected] P a g e 2 | 56 STATE OF THE MEDIA REPORT QUARTER 4, 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The researcher wishes to thank the various experts and media practitioners, some of whom chose to remain anonymous, for providing the necessary input that helped to shape this report. Your contributions helped to enrich this report and provide the necessary validation. Also, special thanks go to the supporting partners, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the BBC Media Action Zambia who have been supporting the compilation and production of this report for the development of the media sector which in turn contributes to democratic governance in Zambia. Finally, the staff and members of MISA Zambia and other cooperating partners who, through their input directly and indirectly provided the necessary direction for this report. P a g e 3 | 56 STATE OF THE MEDIA REPORT QUARTER 4, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................