A delegation from Open Society Initiative for West Africa Tuesday urged Gambian investigative journalists to set new trend in the country’s media after concluding a training program.
The delegation urged the journalists to make the best out of the knowledge they gained from the training and put it into practice.
Tem FuhMbuh, an official at OSIWA, described the trainees as the vanguard of truth and accountability, urging them to set a new trend in the Gambian media.
“Transparency and accountability are paramount. Journalists are the vanguard of transparency and accountability,” he said at the University of the Gambia.
He added: “We thought that through this project you will be able to create a new card of journalists in The Gambia who will be able to dig into the truth and let ordinary Gambians know what is going on in the government.”
We expect you to be the vanguard of truth, we expect you to be the vanguard of accountability, he added.
Jeggan Grey Johnson and Fatou Sy both officials at OSIWA, assured OSIWA’s continued support to Gambian journalists.
The trainees lamented over the low paid of journalists in the country and asked OSIWA and Gambia Press Union to cooperate and assist the Gambian journalist and create avenues for them to sell their investigative stories at better rates.
Meanwhile, OSIWA exists in 10 West African countries helping in supporting production of publication and research studies, and run advocacy campaigns and provide institutional support to partners on ground.
25 Gambian Journalists are currently undergoing an eight week intensive training which is funded by The Open Society Initiative for West Africa implemented by Gambia Press Union and the University of The Gambia.
