Google News launches for nine African countries
Further to its addition of a Turkish version, Google News has launched English-language editions in nine African countries. Sites for Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda...
View ArticlePeaceful elections just ain’t news – the dire state of world reporting on Africa
Yesterday I picked up a discussion on Facebook, via a friend, about media coverage of the Ghanaian elections (voters went to the polls yesterday, and votes are being counted now, if you missed it, by...
View ArticleAllAfrica.com: ‘Mushrooming’ Ghanaian journalism schools must be checked,...
The dean of the Ghanaian Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC), Andrew Edwin Arthur, recommended that the Ghana Journalist Association work with the Ministries of Information and Education ‘to help...
View ArticleReportr.net: Innovative funding led to ‘Ghana:Digital Dumping’ film
Alfred Hermida comments on the ‘innovative funding approach’ that led to this: a documentary on the global traffic in e-waste. He says: “Among the headline-grabbing findings, the students bought a hard...
View ArticleAfricaNews: Obama praises Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw...
“US President Barack Obama paid tribute to Ghanaian ace investigative journalist and AfricaNews’ reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas for his selfless work towards humanity. Obama said the democratic...
View ArticlePublic Agenda: Private newspapers in Africa hit by advertising slump
Newspapers across the world are in trouble, and private newspapers in Africa have been hit particularly hard, writes Amos Safo for Public Agenda. Using Ghana as an example, he reports that many...
View ArticleGhanaian investigative reporter wins health journalism award for undercover work
Ghanaian investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been awarded the 2010 Excellence in Journalism award by the Global Health Council, in recognition of his undercover work in a psychiatric...
View ArticleSports journalists in Ghana deny taking money from government during world cup
A group of sports journalists in Ghana have denied allegations that they received money from the Ghana Football Association or Ministry of Youth and Sports during the World Cup earlier this year....
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