SECTOR 2 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: 3.3 (2008=n/a; 2011=2.5) 2.9 Media cover the full spectrum of economic, cultural, political, social, national and local perspectives and conduct investigative stories. The news media in Cameroon is dominated by political and sports coverage because they sell more. Business, culture, human interest and other stories often feature in the media, but in relatively small quantities. With its regional stations, CRTV does a better job than the private press in covering local issues. By their very nature, the content on community radio stations tends to be hyper-local. A few newspapers are also local, targeting specific geographically defined audiences. The Post, for example, is a national newspaper, but dedicates more space to issues affecting Cameroon’s English-speaking population. L’Œil du Sahel and Le Septentrion exclusively cover the northern parts of the country, while Ouest Echo specialises in news and opinions about the Western region of the country. Cameroon also has an increasing number of specialised newspapers and publications such as Le Quotidien de L’Economie and fluxecoafrique.com, which both specialise in economic and business news. Several sports publications exist both in print and online. Most FM stations give a lot of airtime to urban culture and music. By and large, investigative journalism is not well-developed. This is due, in part, to economic constraints and the difficulty journalists face in accessing information. Some newspapers run what they call investigative stories, but often, these are simply in-depth features or content “planted” by an interested party. Lack of investigative journalism skills in the industry is also partly to blame. 104 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER CAMEROON 2014