SECTOR 4 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: Score of previous years: ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 2.1 2008: n/a; 2011: 1.9; 2015: 2.8 4.6 All journalists and editors do NOT practise selfcensorship Attacks on journalists have left a chilling effect throughout the industry. ‘Even the bravest journalists think twice before publishing a story,’ said one panellist. ‘You cannot guarantee justice or your safety.’ Panellists recounted examples of journalists who have been forced to relocate because of harassment, which sometimes includes death threats. Some, it emerged, are sitting on stories that they cannot publish because they fear backlash. ‘Journalists fear both for themselves and those close to them,’ a panellist said. 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: Score of previous years: ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ 2.5 2008: 1.3; 2011: 2; 2015: 3 4.7 Media professionals have access to training 50 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NIGERIA 2019 ✓ ✓ ✓