‘Journalism has pivotal role to play in modern society’

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The Minister of Finance Mambury Njie has pointed that journalism has a pivotal role to play in our modern society beyond its traditional role of news dissemination.

“I must state without any fear of contradiction that if our aim as leaders and policy makers are to positively transform our society, then journalism is a key tool to achieve this.”

The minister was speaking on Wednesday at the opening of three days training for journalists in West Africa on Economic and Financial Reporting held in The Gambia.

The training is sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is delivered by a team comprising IMF staff and professional trainers from the Reuters Foundation in London.

Minister Njie went further to said the role of the media in society is key and it is also paramount importance to recognize that economist and financial reporters have a particularly important role to play.

“Economist and financial reporters is effectively the liaison between economists and financial experts and policymakers, who make economic policy decisions that, affect the economic welfare of the people of their country. Since the average citizens for the most part not an economist, how can we translate those technicalities into words and concepts that the citizens can understand? This is exactly where business journalists come in,” he explained.

He said the important of a financial journalist, is imperative that they further equip them for the job, and impart the skills and knowledge needed to get the job done well.

He added that as economist and financial journalists, they have an integral role in helping to communicate economic policies and the overarching development strategy to the public at large, which is an important first step to getting the public’s buy-in.
Yaya Drammeh, deputy permanent secretary ministry of finance and economic affairs also expressed similar sentiment, saying that its importance to build the capacity of financial journalists in order to execute their duties right.

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