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Username: Kemo
Name: Kemo Cham
Gender: Man
Residence: -
Occupation: Journalist
Hobbies: Diverse
Education: University (Unfinished )

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Number of messages: 208
Average per day: 208.00
Date of birth: 32 Years
E-mail address
Registered on: 11-10-2009 00:38
Last visit: 19-03-2010 22:43
Website: Bekijk Kemo's website.

Biography: I am a Gambian, presently residing in neighboring Senegal. I have
been here since last August 11, 2009. Until then, I served as the
editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer, a pro-government newspaper, the largest print media in Gambian standard.
Presently, I work independently, maintaining a blog,
Justice For The Press, and occasionally contributing to an online Gambian
newspapers in the US, Freedom Newspaper. I got into journalism proper (that is after founding and editing two different newsletters at the University of the
Gambia) after joining a private paper in Gambia called Today Newspaper;
Nigerian owned. It was from there that I joined the pro-government
newspaper, the Daily Observer. I was still a student president at the
university, at which time I served concurrently as president of the
National Union of Gambian Students. Apart from serving as media
representative for the Global Unification International Gambia Chapter,
and international humanitarian NGO, I am also the media representative for an NGO-CSO anti-tobacco alliance, which I have represented at the Conference of the Parties (COP3), last November, in Durban South Africa, where I under went a
short training on reporting tobacco consumption, effect and distribution. I have also undergone a number of non-certified short trainings, organized by civil society organizations in Gambia.
I served briefly as an editor/reporter with Today Newspaper, where I reported on politics and wrote articles on societal issues as well as editorial. I later joined the pro-government paper called Daily Observer, where I was employed as proofreader/editor, rising through the ranks to become news editor, deputy editor-in-chief and then editor-in-chief. While serving as editor-in-chief at the Daily Observer, I was also assignment as part of the presidential reporting team.
Before becoming editor-in-chief, I actively wrote all editorials at the Daily Observer. In addition, I was also the columnist for 'The Hot Spot' at Today Newspaper, a weekly column that discussed issues affecting the society. And at the Daily Observer, I anchored and wrote the following columns: 'Youth Matters', discussing issues about the youth; 'Society', discussing a diverse range of issues concerning the society; 'Health Matters', concerning health issues; 'Profile', highlighting the biography and achievement of successful individuals in society who have impacted the lives of the ordinary citizens, among various other specially written future articles.
My connection to Africa: Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone.
I have interest in Gambia because obviously
that is where I was born and know more about, with the many contacts I
have already established as a journalist working there. Senegal
neighbors Gambia; it has quite a lot in common with the latter and presently I stay in Senegal. Guinea Bissau, like Senegal, also
has quite a lot in common with Gambia, and it is equally under reported
in the francophone media. But most importantly, the Gambia has been
playing great part in Guinea Bissau's political system within the last
few years. Therefore, as a Gambian, and having been working on such
report, I think I can make a difference in terms of reporting on it. Finally, Sierra Leone, I spent quite a time there, attaining my primary school education there. I still have a long distance family relation that I visit but seldom.