World Press Freedom Day: Uphold high professional standards - Ayeboafo to journalists LISTEN
8 HOURS AGO
Mr. Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC) has urged journalists and media practitioners to continue to uphold high journalistic standards in the execution of their duty to maintain public trust.
“It is important for us all to acknowledge the fact that when we say that we want to see information as public good then it poses on us an obligation as media people to do what is right, do what is just and do what is fair. Anything short of that cannot be seen as a public good,” he said.
Gayheart Mensah goes for GJA Presidency LISTEN
4 HOURS AGO
Gayheart Mensah, a media practitioner of 33 years standing, has filed his nomination to contest for the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).
Mr. Mensah was nominated by the National Media Commission (NMC) to serve on the Board of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
He was an Adjunct Lecturer in Advance Journalism and also Development Journalism at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ).
Gayheart served indication that his motivation to contest for the GJA presidency is driven by a “mission to restore GJA to its rightful place in the development agenda of Ghana”.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) says it is frustrated by the lack of progress made in bringing persons who slew investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein Saule, to book two years after the incident.
Mrs. Linda Asante-Agyei, Vice President of the GJA, who made the statement, said the incident remained a bloat on Ghana s image as a beacon of democracy and a champion of press freedom on the continent.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day in Accra on Tuesday, the GJA Vice President, called on the security apparatus to expedite investigations into the murder to bring the perpetrators to justice and offer respite to the family of the journalist.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) yesterday commemorated this year’s World Press Freedom Day at the Accra International Press Centre on the theme: "30 Years after the Windhoek Declaration: Information as a public good".
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BY: Elizabeth Ohene
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I am no longer a paid-up member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). I suspect, therefore, that I might not qualify to be called a journalist these days.
I am not getting into what qualifies a person to be called a journalist in this country.
My memory is quite clear on the last time I tried to get into that conversation, it wasn’t a pretty sight and I was bloodied. But I think I can still lay claim to being a writer.
I remain a paid-up member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). I suspect, therefore, that I probably belong to the group of people who are called politicians.