By OSWALD T. BROWN
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 23, 2021 — I am not an egotist, but I had to share these kind words of praise from Lionel F Evans Sr., with readers of BAHAMAS CHRONICLE.
Lionel F. Evans Sr. is identified on Facebook as a “Copywriter & Attraction Marketing Coach,” who studied Economics at Prairie View A&M University, one of the excellent HBCUs in the United States.
I follow his posts religiously on Facebook and I have become a huge fan of his because of his excellent writing skills, so I really am honoured that he thinks so highly of my journalistic ability. Thanks Lionel. Here is what he wrote:
“I wish to personally commend Oswald Brown for using his journalistic talents /skills to support PLP in getting their message out over Social Media…which is the fastest & most effective news channel ever…Oswald Brown was especially effective in getting the message of the PLP female candidates out…
“I wrote this in support of Oswald Brown because he always had the best interest of the Bahamas at heart…Congratulations Oswald Brown for a job well done…
Benjamin Franklin once said “Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world”
Remember that the pen is mightier than the sword!
P.S. For those who are too young to know…Oswald Brown was there helping the PLP to secure its first victory…Again with his…PEN…Writing for “The Bahamian Times”…
EDITOR’S NOTE: When I began my journalistic career as a cub reporter with the Nassau Daily Tribune in May of 1960, the then News Editor of The Tribune, Arthur A. Foulkes, and The Tribune’s Publisher and Editor Sir Etienne Dupuch took a personal interest in my development as a journalist. Sir Etienne made arrangements for me to take private English lessons two mornings a week for about six months from Father Frederick Fry, the then Prior of St. Augustine’s College.
Although I started at The Tribune as a Sports Reporter, my development was considered advanced enough by 1962 to assist Senior Reporter Nicki Kelly in covering the House of Assembly, which heightened my interest in politics, and in August of 1962 I was sent by The Tribune to cover Jamaica’s independence. Because I had been a sports reporter, I remained in Jamaica for an additional two weeks to cover the Commonwealth Games, which was held that year as part of Jamaica’s independence celebrations.
I resigned from The Tribune in June of 1965 to become Assistant Editor at The Bahamian Times, a weekly newspaper established by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the then political Opposition in The Bahamas, with The Tribune’s former News Editor Arthur Foulkes as its editor. After the PLP won the historic January 10, 1967 election to become the first predominantly Black government of The Bahamas, the then Premier Lynden O. Pindling arranged for me to go to London for one year’s advanced training in journalism on the staff of the London Evening Standard, one of Britain’s leading newspapers. When I returned from London in November of 1969, I became Editor of The Bahamian Times.
