Graphic dominates GJA awards, Friday August 20, 2010, pg 3
The Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) maintained its dominance of the annual awards of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) when the 2009 winners were released yesterday.
The Daily Graphic picked six out of the 33 awards meant to honour the country’s outstanding journalists.
Awardees from the GCGL stable are Doreen Allotey, Lucy Adoma-Yeboah, Maurice Quansah and Gabriel Ahiabor and a freelancer, Mrs Vicky Wireko, who writes for the Daily Graphic, who will pick individual awards while the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) picks an institutional award.
Last year, the GCGL grabbed 9 awards including the prestigious Journalist of the Year, which was won by Mr Kofi Akordor.
Other awardees include GBC’s Isabella Owusu-Oppong, Edward Nyarko, Issah Shaibu and Kingsley Obeng Kyere.
Others are Francis Tuffour and Kingsley Hope of the Ghanaian Times; Samuel Dowuona, Samuel Akapule and Dzifa Azumah of the GNA; and from Metro TV come Peter Dela Tengey and Samuel Agyeman.
The rest are Portia Solomon, TV3; Evans Mensah Joy FM; Kofi Akpabli, a freelancer; Anas Aremeyaw Anas, New Crusading Guide; Gertrude Ankah, the Ghanaian Observer; Esther Awuah, Business Guide and Daily Guide’s Emilia Abbey and cartoonist Akosua.
The institutional award winners are Radio Peace, Sunrise, Citi FM, Diamond FM, and Obonu FM.
This year’s entries, which were 271, were more than that of last year, which were 208.
No entries were received for three local languages, Ewe, Hausa and Nzema, while entries received for the online Journalism category and one other category did not meet the required standards.
Announcing the list of the winners, the chairman of the 10-member GJA Awards Committee and former GJA President, Mr Edward Ameyibor, said one of the biggest challenges facing journalism in Ghana was the inability of reporters to provide adequate backgrounds to their stories and also the right interpretation of information to make such stories more meaningful to the audience.
“Some of the stories were sketchy and with no award-winning characteristics.
He advised the entrants to seek accurate formation on how to enter the competition as several entries received did not indicate the names, media house or the category of the entry. “This automatically disqualified such materials.”
He stated that among the qualities considered for the various entries were precision, accuracy, clarity, balance, relevance and social impact.
The committee also made recommendations including the reduction of the number of categories, the revival of the GJA website to provide adequate information on the processes involved in entering the competition and the organisation of clinics for reporters throughout the country on how to enter the awards.
Mr Ameyibor also urged journalists outside Accra to participate in the event as only a few entries were received outside the Greater Accra Region.
The GJA President, Mr Ransford Tetteh, commended the committee for its work and stated that the GJA would take its concerns on board to make the awards and journalism in Ghana more relevant to national development.
In a related development, MTN Ghana, main sponsor of the event, has presented a cheque for GH¢ 85,000 for the awards slated for Saturday.
The Daily Graphic picked six out of the 33 awards meant to honour the country’s outstanding journalists.
Awardees from the GCGL stable are Doreen Allotey, Lucy Adoma-Yeboah, Maurice Quansah and Gabriel Ahiabor and a freelancer, Mrs Vicky Wireko, who writes for the Daily Graphic, who will pick individual awards while the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) picks an institutional award.
Last year, the GCGL grabbed 9 awards including the prestigious Journalist of the Year, which was won by Mr Kofi Akordor.
Other awardees include GBC’s Isabella Owusu-Oppong, Edward Nyarko, Issah Shaibu and Kingsley Obeng Kyere.
Others are Francis Tuffour and Kingsley Hope of the Ghanaian Times; Samuel Dowuona, Samuel Akapule and Dzifa Azumah of the GNA; and from Metro TV come Peter Dela Tengey and Samuel Agyeman.
The rest are Portia Solomon, TV3; Evans Mensah Joy FM; Kofi Akpabli, a freelancer; Anas Aremeyaw Anas, New Crusading Guide; Gertrude Ankah, the Ghanaian Observer; Esther Awuah, Business Guide and Daily Guide’s Emilia Abbey and cartoonist Akosua.
The institutional award winners are Radio Peace, Sunrise, Citi FM, Diamond FM, and Obonu FM.
This year’s entries, which were 271, were more than that of last year, which were 208.
No entries were received for three local languages, Ewe, Hausa and Nzema, while entries received for the online Journalism category and one other category did not meet the required standards.
Announcing the list of the winners, the chairman of the 10-member GJA Awards Committee and former GJA President, Mr Edward Ameyibor, said one of the biggest challenges facing journalism in Ghana was the inability of reporters to provide adequate backgrounds to their stories and also the right interpretation of information to make such stories more meaningful to the audience.
“Some of the stories were sketchy and with no award-winning characteristics.
He advised the entrants to seek accurate formation on how to enter the competition as several entries received did not indicate the names, media house or the category of the entry. “This automatically disqualified such materials.”
He stated that among the qualities considered for the various entries were precision, accuracy, clarity, balance, relevance and social impact.
The committee also made recommendations including the reduction of the number of categories, the revival of the GJA website to provide adequate information on the processes involved in entering the competition and the organisation of clinics for reporters throughout the country on how to enter the awards.
Mr Ameyibor also urged journalists outside Accra to participate in the event as only a few entries were received outside the Greater Accra Region.
The GJA President, Mr Ransford Tetteh, commended the committee for its work and stated that the GJA would take its concerns on board to make the awards and journalism in Ghana more relevant to national development.
In a related development, MTN Ghana, main sponsor of the event, has presented a cheque for GH¢ 85,000 for the awards slated for Saturday.
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