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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has encouraged media houses to adopt remote work systems that allow staff to work from home and ensure their safety and protection as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The GJA said journalists, in the news gathering process and programming such as interviewing and […]
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 […]
