The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Right to Information Commission (RITC) have committed to redevelop the International Press Centre into an ultra-modern edifice to accommodate all media-related entities and umbrella bodies in the country. The commitment was made during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the […]
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GJA demands action against Owusu Bempah’s followers for attacking journalists
The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has demanded swift action against some followers of the Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah who attacked journalists and prevented them from doing their job when Owusu Bempah and three others were arraigned in court on Monday for threatening to kill Nana Agradaa. In a press […]
GJA at Jubilee House: Akufo-Addo pledges to reward previous Journalists of the year
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the request from the Ghana Journalists Association to honour four previous journalists of the year with vehicles who till date have not received any reward for their award. President Akufo-Addo donated a made in Ghana VW sedan for the 2020 Journalist of the Year and said he felt […]
‘’You can’t dictate what we should cover’’-GJA bares teeth at Speaker of Parliament
The Ghana Journalist Association, GJA has reacted to the directive of the Speaker of Parliament for journalists to place a priority on issues of plenary. According to the GJA, the power of the Speaker and Parliament stops at accrediting who should or should not cover parliament. In an interview with Citi FM, President for GJA […]
I did NOT call for licensing of journalists- Ex-President Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has categorically denied calling for the licensing of journalists in Ghana to ensure sanity in the profession, as reported in a section of the media. He was reported to have made the call at the launch of the GJA’s 70th anniversary in Accra on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. However, when […]
How can law enforcers turn to law breakers in an era of rule of law in 21st Century Ghana-GJA slams police
The Ghana Journalists Association has promised to do all it can to ensure that all journalists who have been assaulted by law enforcement officers, particularly the police, get justice. According the Association, the police who are supposed to be law enforcers have become law breakers and that the Police administration must be find all such […]
The police who are to enforce laws have become law breakers, for assaulting journalists they will not go unpunished-GJA
The Ghana Journalists Association has promised to do all it can to ensure that all journalists who have been assaulted by law enforcement officers, particularly the police, gets justice. According the Association, the police who are supposed to be law enforcers have become law breakers and that the Police administration must be find all such […]
Just in: journalist caught in 5m cedis blackmail bribery scandal, GJA reports him to CID
The Ghana Journalists Association has referred a case of extortion and blackmail by a Journalist to the Police CID for further investigations. The Journalist of Accra FM, Nana Okyere Gyampa, is reported to have persistently demanded five million cedis from the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as a condition for dropping […]