Accra, Dec. 18, - The Ghana
Journalists Association (GJA) Monday announced award winners of its 22nd Awards
to recognise the hard work of Journalists across the country, with special
awards for those at the forefront of the fight against galamsey.
Announcing the awardees, Dr Doris
Yaa, Dartey, the Chairperson of the Awards Committee, said the key guiding
principles for the selection were integrity, confidentiality and efficiency.
She said although an award must
be competitive, many entries received demonstrated poor quality of work and
urged prospective entrants to respect the Award scheme.
She said the Award Committee
observed that some entries were not well labelled or identified with the name
of reporter and media house.
Dr Dartey called on the GJA to
support media houses to train reporters on the layout of stories, while urging
editors and producers to provide good supervision of their staff.
The awardees from the Ghana News
Agency are Kafui Kanyi and Goodwill Arthur-Mensah, who qualified for Individual
Award and the Special Award respectively.
The GNA is also receiving an
institutional award.
Other Awardees from the Daily
Graphic, Graphic online and Graphic Business are; Seth J. Bokpe, and Zadok
Kwame Gyasi Samuel Kyei-Boateng and Dotse Koblah Aklorbortu respectively.
Others are Portia Gabor, Peter
Quao Adator from TV3, John Vigah from the Ghanaian Times, Benedict Owusu from
Joy Fm, and Dominic Hlordzi of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
Seth Kwame Boateng of Joy TV,
Samuel Innocent Appiah of the Informer, David Andoh of Myjoyonline, Kwame Anum
of TV Africa, Dominic Andoh of Business and Financial Times, and Latif Iddrisu
of Joy News are also winners.
Additionally, Umaru Sanda of Citi
Fm, Hadiza Nuhu-Billa Quansah of the Mirror Newspaper, Jamila Akweley Okerchiri
of the Daily Guide, Kojo Mensah Abrompa of TV Africa, and Alice Aryeetey as
well as Ridwan Karim Dini Osman of GH One TV and Kwame Sefa Kayi of Peace FM
are also winners.
Other awards would be presented
to New Day of TV3, Citi FM’s Bernard Avle and the Team, Good Evening Ghana of
Metro TV, Peace FM’s Nana Yaa Konadu and GBC’s Adult Education (Akan, Ga, Ewe,
Dagbani, Hausa, and Nzema).
Kenneth Ashigbey, Affail Monney,
Carol Annang, Ransford Tetteh, Yaa Oforiwah Asare-Peasah, Gloria Ahiadzi, Kofi
Laweh, Nii Laryea Sowah, Josephine Nkrumah and Ace Ankomah would be recognised
for key roles played in the fight against corruption as members of ‘Media
Coalition Against Galamsey’.
Individual Reporters to be
awarded for the fight against galamsey are Kojo Agyemang of Citi FM, Edem Srem,
a Freelance Journalist, Latif Iddrisu of Joy News, Kwabena Adu-Gyamfi of TV3,
and Clara Mlano of GTV.
The rest are Julius Yao Petetsi
of the Ghanaian Times, Stephen Kweku Ofosu of Oman FM, Joyce Gyekye of GBC,
Obrempong Yaw Ampofo of Citi FM, and Seth J. Bokpe of Daily Graphic.
Media houses to be awarded are;
Citi FM, Rite FM, Business and Financial Times, GNA, UTV and GTV.
The 22nd GJA awards ceremony is
scheduled for December 20, at the Banquet Hall, State House, in Accra.
GNA
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