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Sierra Leone journalists have urged the Commonwealth to organise more skills
training forums for them to lift the quality of reporting of business issues in
their country and the West African region.
The journalists made the appeal at the end of a three-day workshop on budget
and financial reporting convened by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Centre
for Policy and Development. Some 20 journalists attended the workshop held
February 20-22 in the Sierra Leone Capital Free Town.
At the end of the workshop, the journalists formed an association and pledged
to promote and improve the quality of business and financial reporting in Sierra
Leone.
They highlighted the need for more training opportunities as a way of
encouraging more journalists to specialise in business and financial reporting -
which is currently non-existent in Sierra Leone.
"We would like this programme to be sustained so that we can continue to
learn more and more about financial and budget reporting, which we had never had
an opportunity to learn about until now," Mohammed Samoura said, speaking on
behalf of all participants.
He said many journalists lacked computers and internet connectivity to do
their work well and additional support would greatly lift the standard of
journalism in Sierra Leone and enhance the media's ability to inform and educate
the citizens.
Central Bank
Governor of Sierra Leone, Dr Samura Kamara urged the journalists to monitor
government expenditure and to ensure they report accurately and analytically.
"When you look at the budget, you should look at what is being allocated to
health, to education, and other social services. These are the issues people
want to know and read about," he said at the closing ceremony.
Resources at the event included Professor Anya Schiffrin of Columbia
University New York, BBC journalist Orin Gordon and Paul Busharizi, Business
Editor of Uganda's New Vision newspaper.
allAfrica.com:
Sierra Leone: Country Looks to New Bourse (Page 1 of 1)
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