ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IPC and FES are greatly indebted to all the participants, resource persons and support staff at the Stakeholders' roundtable on the“The Working and Welfare Situation of Journalists in Nigeria”, held in Lagos on November 2, 2010. In particular we like to thank and commend the Minister of State for Information and Communication, Hon. Labaran Maku for his presence and enlightening speech despite his tight schedule. We all should take pride that the outcome of the roundtable to which we contributed enourmously is being published in this book form.