In video interviews, many interviewees either go blank or get their thoughts mixed up along the line. Journalists are therefore compelled to type points on a laptop or on a piece of paper and show it to the interviewee as prompt. This wastes time as it extends the duration of …
Read More »10-year-old Ghanaian sports presenter gets featured on BBC News
Dominic Fobih, a 10-year-old Ghanaian sports journalist working with Accra-based Angel FM has been featured on BBC News Pidgin. In the video sighted by GHBase.Com, Dominic talked about his journey from his hometown to being a sports journalist at Angel FM. He also talked about how he used to walk …
Read More »In Cameroon, journalists can’t breathe as laws stifle press freedom
Journalists in Sierra Leone have heaved a collective sigh of relief following the repeal – after a gruelling 55-year struggle – of a law which had been weaponised by authorities to curtail press freedom. On October 28, President Julius Maada Bio signed a decree revising the country’s 1965 Public Order …
Read More »2020 polls: Jubilee House security officer remanded for shooting journalists
The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Mr Emmanuel Marvin Essandoh has remanded one Collins Kwaku Kwanin aka Kola, the man who is alleged to have shot and injured a journalist with Newswatchgh.com and two others. Pius Asiedu and two others were at the receiving of a gun shot …
Read More »NPP was giving information to journalists from their collation centre – Paul Adom-Otchere confesses
Paul Adom-Otchere, the host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, has admitted that the incumbent NPP was calling election results to some media houses and journalists to project President Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. The opposition NDC and many critics have accused the media …
Read More »Power FM journalist kept in police custody for allegedly threatening Akufo-Addo
Power FM’s Oheneba Boamah has been cautioned and detained by the police for allegedly threatening the president of the republic. The journalist was invited by the Criminal Investigation Department following a viral video in which the said journalist allegedly threatened the president and hurled insults at him over claims that …
Read More »Journalist Shot At Ablekuma Collation Center
A journalist with the news portal, newswatchgh.com, has suffered a fractured leg after sustaining gun wounds. Pious Aseidu was shot in the left leg by a man believed to be an NPP sympathiser, while observing the electoral process at the Ablekuma Central collation centre on Tuesday dawn. The shooting incident …
Read More »4 journalists contest for parliamentary seats in Greater Accra Region
Four journalists are among the 123 candidates in the Greater Accra Region vying to script their way into Parliament. Madam Hannah Naana Cann and Mr Samuel Afriyie Owusu are both contesting the Anyaa Sowutuom parliamentary seat on the respective tickets of Ghana Union Movement (GUM) and the Liberal Party of Ghana …
Read More »Journalists Angry Over Missing Names In Special Voting List
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) says majority of journalists cannot vote under Special Voting in the December polls because their details are missing in the Special Voting list. According to the GJA, they have resolved with the EC to allow journalists a special dispensation on election day since they cannot …
Read More »Journalist arrested for unlawful possession of narcotics
A Journalist, Augustus Akwasi Koranteng has been arrested for unlawful possession of narcotic drugs in Agona Swedru in the Central Region. He was arrested by the Swedru Divisional Police CID with 28 balls of plant materials, 7 sachets containing dried plant material, 5 and a half compressed slaps of dried …
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