SECTOR 4 Having said this, state media struggle to attract journalists from the private media because working for private media offers journalists more opportunities to make extra money from freelancing. “The only way to keep journalists in the private media is to allow them to freelance or moonlight.” With this additional income, a journalist working for private media can expect to earn in the region of M12 000/ month. However, working conditions in the private media tend to be more difficult than those in the state media, in the sense that state media is usually better equipped than its private sector counterparts. “The only way to keep journalists in the private media is to allow them to freelance or moonlight.” As a result of the relatively poor pay, media have a high turnover of staff, who tend to move on to NGOs and government when opportunities arise. Poor pay is also a cause of corruption. “Journalists don’t feel loyal to their media house or to the profession. This is a very small country, where you often find that you have to do stories about people you know.” Nonetheless, competition is gradually forcing private media to pay better salaries in order to attract and keep the best journalists. 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: 2.4 (2008 = n/a; 2006 = n/a) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER LESOTHO 2010 59