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GPU J-School alumni Adam Jobe, flanked by colleagues Mary Gomez and Zainab Faal, is a winner of the 2015 Technology and Innovation Reporting Award (Photo Credit: M.S.Joof/TNBES/2013)

Gambian Media Mourns Death of Legendary Broadcaster, George Christensen

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.