Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

African Elections Project Elections are crucial bedrock for democracies and enabling a free and open society.  The role of the media in ensuring successful election is  very crucial.  All over the world the media is playing this important role of ensuring free and fair elections by working with all stakeholders across board. The media can strengthen the electoral process by providing independent information through impartial coverage. Three important elements come into play: access to information on the political process, ability to undertake investigate journalism and document lessons and experiences from the electioneering process.   There are a lot of challenges and problems facing the media in the area of election coverage. Key among them is lack of access to real-time information, lack of capacity to undertake investigative journalism surrounding elections, use of ICTs in coverage,  inability to produce balanced reports and to incorporate user content are some o...