Yeam Thompson

MMW SL CO-BOARD CHAIR

Yeama Thompson is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Initiatives for Media Development, owner of the Spectrum Newspaper, and Board Member of the Innovations for Governance Reform in Sierra Leone. She serves as Communication Strategist Consultant with the Open Government Partnership in Sierra Leone. Yeama rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to Editor of The Chronicle newspaper, producing a radio program focused on women and children. She implemented a human rights reporting strategy in 2012 which contributed to peaceful elections as Country Director of Journalists for Human Rights; and launched a training initiative for female media executives working closely with the Women in Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), BBC Media Action and Journalists for Human Rights.