He is (as of spring 2003) on sabbatical in Africa conducting studies on the press and democratization. The author wishes to thank Cyril Ibe, a Fall 1999 Pew Fellow in International Journalism and currently host/executive producer of "Window To Africa Radio," a weekly magazine program on WVON-AM 1450, Chicago. He was of immeasurable help in connecting the author with several of the journalists interviewed for this study and in procuring some issues of the magazines analyzed and other sources of information. The author also wishes to thank Humphrey A. Regis, Associate Professor, School of Mass Communications, University of South Florida, for making helpful suggestions on the first two drafts of the manuscript.