Mouhamadou Tidiane Kassé is country director of the “Strengthening Truth Tellers” program in Senegal, which aims to bolster media associations and protect media workers in the country.

Kassé is a veteran editor, media consultant and media trainer with extensive experience working for both Senegalese and international organizations. He has served as editor of Wal Fadjri, one of Senegal’s most respected daily newspapers, and as consulting editor for Pambazuka News, an online news service that is a voice for social activists. He was a founding member of the Sud Communication Press Group in 1986, and worked as editor of Sud Quotidien.

In 2006 and 2007, Kassé worked as the local trainer in Senegal for the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation in Senegal, leading its media training project on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health. His responsibilities included organizing training seminars for journalists and assessing AIDS awareness campaigns. He also has served as a media consultant for other international and regional organizations, such as Panos West Africa, Population Reference Bureau and Open Society in West Africa.

A graduate of the School of Journalism at Dakar University in 1982, Kassé has been teaching journalism in different high schools in Dakar since 1996.