Mr. Tokpa Tarnue has worked for the Liberia Broadcasting System (LBS) since 2011, first as a reporter and now as a correspondent. He also manages Radio Kintoma, a local community radio station that relays the news for the LBS in Voinjama, Lofa County. Prior to his employment with the LBS, he served as a volunteer with several media institutions including News Public Trust, Radio Life and World Hope International. In 2017, he worked as a Media Monitor on electoral violence at the Liberia Media Center (LMC) in Monrovia, Liberia. He was born unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tarnue Sr, at the Tellewoyan Hospital, Voinjama City, Lofa County. Tokpa completed his high school education at the Billie Call Christian Institute, Wood Camp Community, Paynesville, Liberia in 2002. He also acquired certificates in Journalism from the Jonathan Hicks Foundation for Journalists, Journalists for Human Rights, and the Liberia Media Center, on Human Rights-Reporting, Human and Drug Trafficking, and Elections Reporting. In 2013, he was also trained and certificated as a Journalist for Human Rights in Conflict Sensitive Settings, Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation. He is currently pursuing an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in Mass Communication from the Free Pentecostal College, in Voinjama City, Lofa County. He is married with three sons.
