The
staff of The Point Newspaper recently completed a four-week training sponsored
by the EU-UNESCO project, meant for building the capacity of journalists in the
country.
The
official closing ceremony was attended by the deputy permanent secretary
Ministry of Information, Communication and Infrastructure Malik Jones as well
as the trainer, Malick Jallow.
Speaking
at the closing of the training, Pap Saine, managing director of The Point
Newspaper, welcomed the permanent secretary and thanked him for attending the
official closing of the training.
He
said that the training was very important for building the capacity of his
staff.
Mr
Saine thanked the EU-UNESCO for providing such training for The Gambian media
so as to upgrade their skills in doing their work effectively.
The
Point boss equally thanked the facilitator of the training, noting that he
equipped his staff with the basic knowledge of human rights reporting
Delivering
his statement, deputy permanent secretary Malick Jones thanked the management
and staff of The Point Newspaper for the invitation, noting that the training
was very important for journalists in doing their work effectively.
DPS
Jones called on the journalists to be specialized, which, he said, was very key
as a professional, adding that the training comes at an opportune moment when
there was a new dispensation in the political annals of the country.
“We have a new government that has made the
pronouncement of media freedom which is very good news to all journalists,” he
said.
He
called on journalists to instill the idea of research in their work because
research is a fundamental principle of journalism.
