Media must cease excessive politicisation – GJA on Press Freedom Day

Media outlets have been cautioned to guard against excessive politicisation to consolidate the country’s democratic gains. This was expressed by a former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mrs Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie, and the current President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, in separate remarks as Ghana marked the 2023 World Press Freedom Day in Accra yesterday. Mrs […]

Apologise for your ‘unsavory’ comments against female sports presenters – GJA tells Captain Smart

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has demanded an unqualified apology from Blessed Godsbrain Smart popularly known as Captain Smart for his ‘disreputable’ comments against female sports presenters. “The Ghana Journalists Association demands an unqualified apology from Captain Smart for making unsavoury comments against female television sports presenters,” GJA said. Captain Smart on his morning show […]

Mahama supports dialogue on economy

Former President John Dramani Mahama has advised the government to rally the citizens in efforts to surmount the economic challenges facing the country. He noted that in circumstances such as the current economic crisis, the support of everyone was important, stressing that the government had to let the people know what sacrifices they needed to […]

GJA Press Centre to be redeveloped – MoU signed

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 […]

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 […]

Razak El-Alawa laid to rest

The remains of veteran journalist Alhaji Razak El-Alawa were buried in Kumasi yesterday in line with Muslim funeral traditions. A quintessential journalist, who was a columnist of the Daily Graphic, he died in Accra last Monday, aged 76. He was a record three-time winner of the Ghana Journalists Association’s (GJA) Journalist Of the Year, having […]

GJA opens nominations for national election

The Election Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for its national elections. The nominations will close on April 27, 2021, at 5 pm. The GJA in a press release informed its members that nomination forms “may be obtained from the GJA website: www.gjaghana.org”. It added that filing fees “should be paid into […]

GJA Awards: Samson Lardy Anyenini is Journalist of the Year 2019; plus full list of winners

The host of Newsfile on Joy FM, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has won the Journalist of the Year 2019 at the 25th Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA) Awards. Anyenini also picked the Award for Democracy and Peace Building at the event held to recognize the role of media practitioners and journalists. In his acceptance speech, the legal practitioner […]

Don’t jeopardise Ghana’s peace with violence and indiscipline-Dr. McKorley admonishes Ghanaian youth ahead of election 2020

The Chairman and Chief Executive officer of the McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley has admonished the youth to desist from acts that has the tendency to throw the nation into chaos and jeopardise the peace of the country before, during and after the 2020 elections. Dr. McKorley said the youth must refrain from violence and […]