Gambia:   Gambia Stand up for Journalism –

By Pa Louis Thomasi

President Jefferson in his letter to Edward Carrington on January 16, 1787 on the importance of a free press to keep governments in check, said “If I had to choose between a government without a newspaper and newspaper without a government, I should not hesitate to choose the latter”.  America, like Sweden, had recognised the importance of journalism very early in their political history and this partly explains why they are where they are today.  Journalism, as…