By Omar Wally
The Proprietor of The Standard Newspaper, has said that Gambian journalists are facing new challenges adding that their readers, listeners, and other targets are will be demanding more from them.
Sherrif Bojang, a veteran journalist, made these remarks, Wednesday during Gambia Press Union’s Journalism School orientation for diploma students.
Bojang, a former information minister during the Jammeh regime said, looking at the newspapers in The Gambia, including his own newspaper The Standard, the quality of the English has to improve.
“English is crucial to your work, that is why your mastery of the English Language is quite important”.
In order for you to be productive and bring out good products, your tool must be sharpened and must be the right tool said Bojang.
Bojang added that readers and listeners will demand that journalists write better and dig things that are buried. “The dynamics of journalism in The Gambia, has changed from ‘the he said she said’ kind of reporting, to digging deeper beyond the surface and bringing out the quality of journalism.”
That cannot be done if you are not properly trained Bojang concluded.
