Inquirer Boss, Others Get Awards

The Managing Editor of Liberia’s only post war newspaper, The Inquirer Newspaper, Atty. Philip N. Wesseh has been given the Life Time Achievers Award by the Press Union of Liberia (PUL).
Atty. Wesseh was presented this award at the PUL’s Award ceremony held on last Friday in Monrovia at its annual awards and dinner night where several journalists are honored for the invaluable services in their work places and to the society in general.
Last year, The Inquirer Newspaper whose boss who now enters the hall of fame by this latest award, was honored as The Newspaper of the Year having snatched several prestigious awards in time past from the PUL.
Meanwhile, others honored along with Mr. Wesseh were the veteran photo journalist, Sando Moore, publisher of the Image Magazine as the Photo Journalist of the Year while Anthony Stephens of Power FM snatched the Journalist of the Year Award along with Fabine Kwiah who was honored as Newscaster of the Year respectively.
Institutions that were awarded were the Daily Observer which was honored as Best Newspaper of the Year while its reporter Abednego Davis was presented the Judicial Reporter Award; Frontpage Newspaper captured the Sports Journalist Awards, Environmental Reporting as well the Health Reporting and Women Rights Reporting awards though its reporters Christopher Walker, Bettie Mbayo and Edward Blamo.
Power TV was honored as for Developmental Reporting as well as Investigative Reporting through Anthony Stephens while the Legislative Reporter of the Year was awarded to Truth FM’s Musa Kanneh and the Liberia Broadcasting System received the Humanitarian Reporting Award through its Grand Bassa Correspondent Sampson David. Prime FM was also honored as Radio Station of the Year.
The Online Bush Chicken’s Gbatemah S.K. Senah as well as the online KMTV’s Moses Garzewu captured the Land Rights Reporting Award as well as the Business & Economic Reporting Awards respectively.
KMTV also won the Online TV of the Year Award, while the newest online newspaper, The News Public Trust, was recognized as the Online Newspaper of Year. Radio stations in all of the 15 counties were recognized for their efforts in journalism.
The Radio Bomi, Radio Kwatekeh, Radio Kongbo, Radio Gbehzohn, Radio Cape Mount, Smile FM Radio, Voice of Rural Montserrado, Radio Kintoma, Radio Gee and Voice of Sinoe were among the radio stations that were honored.
The K. Abdullai Kamara Free Expression of the Year Award which is the first of its kind was awarded to Reporters without Borders and the Center for the Protection of Journalists.