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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Gambia Press Union, GPU, has used its statement on Press Freedom Day to urge government to consider funding for the media and respect their commitment to press freedom. The day is dedicated for media workers globally to reflect on issues of press freedom and professional ethics. The day is also set aside to support media that are oftentimes targets of violations and abuse.<\/b><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s World Press Freedom Day is commemorated under the theme \u201cA Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis,\u201d meant to highlight the significant role journalism plays in informing and educating people.<\/p>\n

The union said discussions on the subject of subvention for the media featured prominently in recommendations from the National Stakeholders Forum earlier this year and have featured in media chiefs\u2019 meetings with the Ministry of Information recently.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the GPU, we hope to continue in this direction with the involvement of all media stakeholders and working closely with the government to push forward this agenda,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The GPU argued that a public subsidy that is content-neutral in order to safeguard independence is important as advertising revenues, the lifeblood for media houses in The Gambia, drop significantly, especially for independent media houses that are not owned by big corporations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is particularly important to recognise that the media serves some inherent public good and, for the most part, performs a public service role with limited resources by informing and educating the citizens on the government\u2019s policies and programmes and providing them the platform to participate and engage in informed discussions on a daily basis,\u201d the union added.<\/p>\n

Public funding, it added, is also essential in ensuring that the media is able to effectively and efficiently deliver on its constitutional mandate as provided for in sections 207 (freedom and responsibility of the media) and 208 (responsibility of the state-owned media) of the Gambian Constitution.<\/p>\n

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