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No laptops, no second man: Ghanaian Journalist designs a simple gadget to ease video interviews

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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