GJA Shortlists Award Winners

By Stephen K.Effah & Joyce Magan
Thursday, 16 August 2007

The Ghana Journalists Association yesterday announced a short-list of 10 journalists in both the print and electronic media as the award winners for its 12th Awards Night scheduled for this Saturday.

For the print media: William Asiedu of the Graphic Showbiz, Edmund Kofi Yeboah, Emmanuel Kojo Kwarteng, Kofi Akordor, all of the Daily Graphic, Anas Aremeyaw Anas of the Crusading Guide and John Vigah of the Ghanaian Times.

Peggy Ama Don-kor and Clare Ba-noeng-Yakubu both of the Ghana Television and Nana Aba Ana-moah of TV3 were shortlisted for the awards under the TV category, while Matilda Asante of Joy F.M. was the sole journalist shortlisted for the Radio category.

Announcing the winners in Accra, the Chairman of the Awards Committee, Kweku Rockson, said a total of 205 entries were received for the various categories, and described the selection process as "very tough" as the committee received some 2005 articles.

He said an objective approach was designed by the committee to assess all the entries received by creating an evaluation form for each of the committee members.

He said the criteria under which the committee awarded points were based on accuracy, balance, impact, background, ethical standard and language presentation.

He noted that clarity of voice, picture and sound quality, and technical issues including speeds and tracking were applied to radio and TV entries.

"For all categories, each entry was subjected to an in-depth scrutiny in order to determine whether it met the stipulated requirements," he indicated.

Mr.Rockson pointed out that the committee took no consideration of the fact that this year is the country’s Golden Jubilee, saying "much was expected of the entrants in celebration and recognition of the immense contributions of the mass media and of journalists to this country over the years."