Unstable power impacts work of Journalists in Ghana
By Godfred Amoaful The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), through its President Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has added its voice to the negative impact of power cuts on work, especially the media industry. The President, who made the call at Koforidua during the 2024 World Press Freedom Celebration, noted that the erractic power supply is adversely affecting […]
AfriCan empowers media personnel to champion nutrition advocacy
By Jones Anlimah Africa Catalysing Action for Nutrition (AfriCan), has held a three-day capacity building workshop for media personnel in the Volta region to empower journalists to champion the cause of nutrition. Held under the banner of its “Good Nutrition Starts with Me” Youth Initiative, the workshop equipped participants with the necessary tools to drive […]
Clerk to Parliament urges media to provide total coverage, including courtesy calls
By Edzorna Francis Mensah The Clerk to Ghana’s Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, has urged Members of Parliamentary Press Corps to provide total coverage to Parliament, including committees sitting, and courtesy calls on the Speaker in the interest of the public. He said the media must be interested in all public activities Parliament does, whether […]
NMC, NCA to clamp down on unscrupulous media activities
By: Clifford Okyere In a collaborative move to sanitize Ghana’s media landscape, the Nation Media Commission (NMC) and the National Communication Authority (NCA) have taken robust measures to crack down on imposters such as money doublers, ritualists, and charlatans infiltrating the nation’s airwaves. The initiative, as part of a comprehensive effort to sanitize broadcasting content […]
Media charged to lead climate change discussions
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong. Conversations and discussions around climate change and its adversities are seemingly losing their prominence in the Ghanaian context day in and day out. As the fourth estate of every country, the media, with the power it yields to push an agenda and get great results, has been charged to lead discussions […]
Ghana’s media regulatory framework outdated– Prof. Amin Alhassan
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Professor Amin Alhassan, has revealed that Ghana’s existing media framework is outdated and thus cannot completely cater for the needs of today’s media landscape. According to him, the current media regulatory framework needs urgent review to reflect current trends as well as meet […]
Education Minister praises media for promotion of quality education
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has praised the media for its continuous support to the development and promotion of quality education in the country. He said the media had played a critical role in the dissemination of information on the various government policies and interventions on education, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic […]
GJA encourages media to make use of Right to Information law as it is effective
By: Rachel Kakraba Ghana continues to witness steady decline on continental rankings regarding press freedom. The country lost its status as Africa’s best ranked country in the World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders, an international institution that takes inventory of the state of journalism in more than 170 countries. The country dropped […]
Media has a role to play in fixing Ghana’s economy — GJA President
By: Henrietta Afful The President of the Ghana Journalists Association, GJA, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, says journalists have a role to play in ensuring that Ghana’s economy is brought back on track. To facilitate this, the President of Ghana’s Inky Fraternity said the GJA would roll out series of symposiums and lectures that would help build […]
Media urged to protect national heritage
By Razak Baba The immediate Past Chairman of the National Peace Council, Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, has admonished media practitioners to be circumspect in their utterances on the airwaves and, in particular, moderate socio-political discourse so as not to fall foul of the law. He says the use of provocative language and attacks on […]
