Collaboration Is Key In Investigative Journalism

Collaboration is key in investigative journalism, Ghana’s Ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has said. He said the successes he and his team had chalked in their investigative works over the years were due to team work and collaboration with some stakeholders. Mr Anas Aremeyaw Anas said this during a panel discussion on Thursday at … Read more

South Sudan ‘suspends’ Al Jazeera English

South Sudan’s government has banned Al Jazeera English staff from working in the country, press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday in a statement condemning the move. The government’s Media Authority decided on May 1 “to suspend the activities of the Al-Jazeera English bureau in Juba until further notice”, the organisation, known by its … Read more

Pay More Attention To Investigative Journalism – Dr. Wereko Brobbey

pioneer of media pluralism, Dr. Wereko Brobbey says the media can do better in their reportage if they pay more attention to investigative journalism. Speaking to Radio Ghana, Dr. Brobbey said the current media landscape is losing its touch and chasing sound bites just for the news. He tasked the media to develop good content … Read more

GNA Has A Role In Nana Addo’s Pan African Agenda

Accra, Dec. 20, GNA – ‘It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world,’ thus sayeth Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the legend whose … Read more

Safeguarding Our Democracy – Lessons From American Media Reportage

The media has been described as the Fourth Realm of the State. Many theories have been propounded about how the media shapes the issues that are discussed and how those issues should be discussed. Recently, history was made when Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States of America. It … Read more

Journalist Rebukes EC, Police & Mocks NCCE, Is The Honeymoon Over?

There was a ‘Big Brother’ at a stakeholders forum organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in Accra on Monday November 21, ahead of the 2016 December 7, general elections. The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) was there too. Journalists from the print and the electronic media were there in their numbers. … Read more

Media Stakeholders Deliberate On New GJA Code Of Ethics

Stakeholders in the media industry have held a forum on the new Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) code of ethics to identify any rough edges and fine-tune it to reflect current journalistic practice. The forum brought together GJA members and executives, media owners, representatives of groupings and the academia and experts in the media sectors to … Read more