He previously worked with the Information Ministry in Liberia, where he served as Assistant Editor-in-Chief prior to the eruption of the civil war in 1989; he later became Director of Media Relations at the same ministry and Editor-in-Chief of the Liberia Today newspaper between 1992 and December 1994.
Before the civil war began in 1989, he worked as Assistant Editor-in-Chief for the Information Ministry in Liberia; subsequently, he became Director of Media Relations and then Editor-in-Chief of the Liberia Today newspaper from 1992 to December 1994.