2020 Sports Journalism Reporting Award
Story: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Cricket in The Gambia by Omar Jarju published in The Chronicle on April 1. 2019.
Read story HERE.
Judges’ Comments
The story has a good angle and is newsworthy. The
focus on the different stages of the development of cricket gives the story
additional weight. The story is accuracy and factual with multiple interviews
and quotation from sources. Well-presented and researched. The story is
original, well researched with multiple quotations and interviews. The story
takes account of the stand of cricket sports in The Gambia and gauged opinions
of the people on it. The story has significant benefit for the populace
particularly cricket fans.