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| George at Civil Society Forum (Photo credit: Sainey MK Marenah) |
Local
journalists in Banjul have described the death of Mr. George Christensen, the founder
and proprietor of Radio 1 FM as “a big loss and a sad day for The Gambian
media.”
Mr.
Christensen, 64, died on June 3, 2016 when he returned to Banjul after
attending the second ‘International Civil Society Forum on The Gambia’ in
Dakar, Senegal ahead of the ECOWAS Summit.
The veteran radio journalist, commonly referred to as Uncle George by young
journalists, trained some of the finest journalists, and bloggers in The Gambia
– some of whom owned radio stations and online multimedia news outlets.
