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The Fourth Estate launches membership drive to support public interest journalism

From September 2026, The Fourth Estate is inviting its readers to become stakeholders in a new membership model that keeps its public interest journalism going while giving supporters a stake in the mission. In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa to unpack how this membership drive works, why it matters, and what it could mean for the future of public interest journalism in Ghana.