A little over 23 years since the launch of the Press Union of Liberia’s (PUL) annual excellence award, the union, through its awards and vetting committee for the first time introduced a new category, the PUL Hall of Fame. In February 1981, Best and his wife founded the Daily Observer, Liberia's first independent daily newspaper. Under the Presidency of Samuel Doe, the Daily Observer was subject to sustained political harassment. There he founded Gambia's first independent daily newspaper on 11 May 1992, again called The Daily Observer. He continues to serve as the publisher of the Liberian Daily Observer.

Source: Daily Observer May 31, 2022 09:42 UTC