THE EDITOR AND THE STATE: Perspectives on Media and Governance

Introduction/Notes on Contributors/The 5^th Conference:/The Media is the Voice of the Voiceless/The Editor, ICT and Vision 2020/The Niger Delta: A Vision to Nigeria’s Development/The Niger Delta: A Threat or Challenge to Vision 2020/MGDS and Vision 2020: Hope for the Common Person/Yar’ Adua’s 7-Point Agenda and Vision 2020: Economic Growth Mechanisms/The 6^th Conference: Agenda for Survival/Defying Yesterday, Defining our Tomorrow, Today/Editors must lead the Effort to Re-brand Nigeria/Oil Exploitation, The Environment and Crimes Against Nature/Militancy and Amnesty: Good and Bad Governance in The Niger Delta/militancy: Avoiding A Resurgence/The 7^th Conference: We must continue to engage the System/How Nigerian Editors can deepen our Democracy/Nigeria still not a flourishing Democracy/Danger signals to Nigeria’s Democracy/Geography, Power, and Politics in Niger/Perspectives on the Cost of Governance in a Democracy/The Media, Civil Society and Democratic Governance/ The 8^th Conference: We are all Victims/Timely Subject/The Strategic Importance of the Press in Enhancing National Security/Cost of Insurgence in Nigeria/Reporting Right, Reporting Safe/Putting National Interest First/Understanding Anti-Terror Laws in Nigeria/Index.