Tag Archives: JOURNALISTS

Panellists at the 2022 Turkiye-Africa Media Summit have observed that journalists in Africa are struggling and depressed and must be helped. They noted that the level of depression in the media profession continued to be swept under the carpet with mental health issues among journalists going unreported. The panellists said …

Seven investigative and undercover journalists and whistleblowers who have a fear of being brutalized, abused, or killed are in Ghana seeking protection. A hub known as the Whistleblowers and Journalists Safety International Centre (WAJSIC) has been launched in Accra. The Centre will provide legal services for journalists across Africa who …

The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC, Professor Amin Alhassan has called for better remuneration for Journalists in Ghana. Speaking at an Editor’s Breakfast Meeting organised by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in collaboration with the European Union to mark Europe Week in Ghana, Professor Alhassan said Journalists …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed anger at the affront to free speech that appears to be characterizing the work of the Ghana Police Service in recent times. He was reacting to what he described as the Rambo style approach that has been recently adopted by the police, especially in …

At least 293 media workers were jailed globally in 2021 for their work, with 24 journalists killed because of their coverage, a report by New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. The CPJ’s 2021 Prison Census found that the number of reporters jailed for their work hit a …

Ghanaians championing the FixTheCountrydemonstration, including some celebrities, took to the streets to protest against the government on Founders’ Day, August 4, 2020. The march, which started from the Obra Spot at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, was a peaceful march. However, events took a different turn when the protesters …

Government has commissioned the office for the Coordinated Mechanism on the safety of Journalists at a ceremony in Accra. The office operated by the National Media Commission was opened by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in commemoration of the 2021 World Press Freedom. The office becomes the official source for filing complaints …