nationality article_title name occupation organization
liberian rodney sieh
 rodney sieh journalist '' frontpage africa ''
rodney sieh

rodney sieh is a liberian newspaper editor .
in 2005 , he founded `` frontpage africa '' .
originally an online-only publication , the newspaper began to print daily copies in 2008 , expanding to a circulation of 1,500 , which were collated and folded manually .
`` frontpage africa '' , sieh , and reporter samwar fallah were sued for libel in 2010 by christopher toe , a former agriculture minister , who demanded us$ 2 million in damages ; the newspaper had reported that he had embezzled millions of dollars from public funds .
the world association of newspapers issued a statement on the paper 's behalf , stating that while it had no opinion on the merits of the case itself , the amount sought was clearly punitive .
the three parties were found guilty and ordered to pay the full amount .
in july 2011 , sieh was notified by a government official that former government minister willis knuckles was attempting to have him assassinated , in retaliation for sieh 's role in reporting the sex scandal that had forced his 2007 resignation .
in august 2013 , sieh was imprisoned after he was unable to pay $ 1.5 million in libel damages awarded to a government minister who had been sacked for corruption .
sieh was featured in a liberia-focused episode of wnyc 's program , on the media , released on december 12th , 2014 .
