The
Point Newspaper on Monday 9 March awarded Momodou Jawo, a senior reporter as
the best reporter of the month of February 2020.
The Reporter of the Month Award was sponsored
by a retired U.S.-based journalist. The purpose of the award is to encourage reporters
of the paper to do more and also reduce heavy load on editors in their course
of editing. This will also help the paper coming out on time on daily basis.
Pap
Saine, the co-publisher of The Point Newspaper, said he was so delighted to
present the award to the reporter of the month.
The
sponsor is a retired U.S.-based journalist, he disclosed, adding the award is
borne of the desire and love he always has for journalism, and thus thanked him
for the initiative.
“I
encourage the female reporters to do more to emerge winners and look up to the
winner to be motivated,” he said.
Bekai
Njie, the editor-in-chief of The Point, urged the reporters to put in more
efforts, alluding to the fact that journalism as a profession that requires lot of
efforts.
He
urged female reporters to be as competitive as they could, noting that he wants
to make the award more and more gender sensitive.
“I
want to take this opportunity to encourage all female reporters here to be much
competitive in the coming months. However, to be a winner, it requires
self-motivation, commitment, passion and hard work, he underlined.
Momodou
Jawo, the winner of the award thanked The Point management as well as the
sponsor for coming up with such a gesture.
“This
will go a long way in motivating reporters to go extra miles in bringing stories
that are important for the paper,” he opined.
