What is the history of the mass media in Gambia?
Before the advent of independence, in 1961 The Nyaato, means forward with the Gambia, was established and later named it The Nation founded by William Charles Dixon Colley.The Echo, The Vanguard by M.B Jones, editor and mr.J.W Bidwell-Bright, the owner. The Gambia outlook by M.B Jones and The Gambia by Mr. Nyang Thomas 1974-1994 these veteran journalists had put up to established their dignity. We remembered the efforts of these much earlier papers in the days when the colonial administration also put a squeeze against journalists as anti-colonialists. And having space to speak out was a challenge. Having won the struggle they fought for what does the media today do with the freedom attained. Apart from other functions they played they contributed a leading vanguard in the struggle to entrench democracy in all its form. Media outlet in their days set themselves the task of the truth and nothing but the truth. The truth they say was bitter and hence difficult to state. In relation to in
