WoJAG congratulates members for ‘e𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲’ p𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

The awards claimed were the Health Reporting Award by Nyima Sillah, Tourism, Art and Culture by Mam Nabou Kah, the Agriculture award and Environment awards were both received by Maimuna Bah. And for the first Time on her first appearance, Mariam Sankanu won the Legal Reporting of the year Award, Human Rights Award, The Investigative Reporting Award and The 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫. 

Mariam Sankanu’s has become the first Female Journalist to break the male dominance record in Journalism Awards by winning the prestigious Journalist of the Year Award alongside Investigative Journalist of the Year making it first time a woman has ever achieved both honors.  

While we congratulate all the winners and the nominees, we renew our call for gender equality in the newsrooms, because despite this historic feat, which shows that there isn’t a lack of knowledge and skills among women journalists, editorial boards and decision-making positions in newsrooms are mainly dominated by men.”