SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.3 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 4.5) 1.11 Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. Media lobby groups – including MISA Zambia, PAZA, the Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and the Zambia Media Women’s Association (ZAMWA), as well as the Press Freedom Committee of The Post newspaper – do advance the cause of media freedom in Zambia, some more actively than others. “...people have sold their principles, their ethics and their professionalism to put bread on the table.” While the NGO Transparency International Zambia has lobbied for freedom of information legislation, this issue tends to be seen in the country as a media issue only and not one that affects citizens in general and their development. “This should be seen as a rights issue: the right to information.” Freedom of information lobbying tends to be very disjointed in Zambia, and there are no co-ordinated efforts between civil society and media groups. “In general, media lobby groups lobby for media issues and civil society is generally not involved in media issues.” “A big weakness of media lobby groups is that they tend to isolate themselves and not involve civil society in their campaigns. Even within the media, there is not much integration, and in fact much division between private and public media, and the state-owned media shy away from controversial issues.” This appears to be a common trend: the country’s civil society is also comprised of isolated bodies and is not seen as a mass movement. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2011 21