In a bid to improve the standard and quality of its paper and to ensure a highly motivated and well trained human resource base, the Observer Company, on Friday, began an in-house journalistic training programme for its staff reporters and freelancers.

Ebrima Manneh (fondly called Ebrima Jaw Manneh), acting editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer, presented a lecture on the basics of journalism. The savvy  editor-in-chief delved into his bag of seemingly unending journalistic terminologies and experience.
 
Mr Manneh dwelt on such issues as the definition, principles and ethics of journalism, news determinants and gathering in a concise and highly appreciated manner.
Thomas Kojo Quayson Junior, deputy editor-in-chief and chief proofreader of the paper, presented a lecture on news writing and other journalistic skills.

At the end of the training, Hatab Fadera, a reporter with the Daily Observer, commended the management of the Observer Company for giving them such an opportunity. He said with the training, they will be able to perform their roles and functions in their media house.

Mr Fadera also used the opportunity to call on all the reporters to take the training seriously, in order to equip themselves with the basic skills required.
For her part, Asanatou Bojang, another reporter with the Daily Observer, expressed delight at receiving such a training, adding that it will greatly improve their writing skills.
She advised her colleagues to take the training seriously.

The training is an ongoing process and is part of a series of reforms instituted under the dynamic leadership of Mrs Neneh Macdouall-Gaye, the managing director of the company.