The 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards concluded Saturday, November 8, at the Manhyia Palace, with Godwin Asedibe of TV3 crowned the 2024 Journalist of the Year.
The ceremony, held outside Accra for the first time under the high patronage of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was a grand affair celebrating media excellence in Ghana.
These awards were selected from a pool of 321 entries, reflecting the highly competitive nature of this year’s contest, which focused on the theme: “Safeguarding Ghana’s future: The role of the media in promoting peace, security and the fight against galamsey.”
The event, marked by its relocation to the Ashanti Region, drew high-profile guests including President John Dramani Mahama, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, and Alex Apau Dadey, Executive Chairman of the KGL Group.
Full List of Individual and Institutional Winners
The following is the comprehensive list of journalists and media institutions recognised at the 29th GJA Awards:
Below is the full list of winners:
- Best in News Reporting (Print)
Poverty in the midst of wealth
Severious Kale-Dery- DAILY GRAPHIC-GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED-GCGL
- Best in News Reporting – (Television)
Leveraging AI for Sustainable Development in Africa
Nabil Ahmed Rufai – FREELANCE
- Best in News Reporting (Radio)
Accra AIR Quality
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman – EIB NETWORK
- Best in News Reporting – (Online)
Air Pollution
Albert Oppong Ansah – GNA
FEATURES
- Best in Features – (Print)
Accra E-Waste Quagmire
Timothy Ngnenbe – DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED.
- Best in Features – (Television)
Hypertension
Sarah Apenkro – TV3
- Best in Features – (Radio)
Faana Boat Disaster, a year on.
Rachel Kakraba – GBC
- Best in Features – (Online)
Abuse of Agrochemicals: A Silent deadly practice by small holder farmers.
Solomon Gumah, GNA.
COLUMNIST
- Best Columnist – (Print)
Race for Asutifi Seats
Edmond Smith Asante – DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION GROUP LIMITED
- Best Columnist – (Online)
Elephant in the Room: Telcel vs. ATC – who peddled ‘’utter falsehood’’?
Samuel Dowuona – TECH FOCUS
DOCUMENTARIES
- Best in Documentaries – (Television)
Dreams in Shambles
Godwin Asedeba – TV3 – Media General
- Best in Documentaries – (Radio)
Obstetric Fistula
Doreen Ampofo – GBC
- Best in Documentaries – (Online)
The Battle for West Africa’s largest salt deposit
Justice Baidoo & Philip Teye Agbove – THE FOURTH ESTATE
DISABILITY
- Best in Disability Reporting
Sign Language
Esther Aidoo – GBC
DOMESTIC TOURISM
- Best in Domestic Tourism Reporting
Monkey Sanctuary
Anass Sabit – JOYNEWS
ROAD SAFETY
- Best in Road Safety Reporting
Deadly Highways: Fixing Ghana’s silent epidemic
Issifu Dasmani Larry – GNA
ILLEGAL MINING
- Best in Illegal Mining
Last Hour Mining
Ohemeng Tawiah – JOY NEWS
- Best RADIO/TV Program (Ghanaian Language) – Ekosiisen on Asempa TV.
- Best RADIO/TV Program (ENGLISH) – THE PROBE – Multimedia.
- Best Newspaper Layout.
- DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED.
- Best Sports Journalist
- Trey Haun: The boy whose ride lifts the Ghanaian flag high and inspires a community to dream big.
Muftawu Nabila Abdulai-MY JOYONLINE
- Best in Education Reporting
-Single mother combines responsibility with schooling
Peter Agengre-GBC
- Masahudu Ankilu Kunateh- (African Eye Report) TBD
- Best in Photojournalism
- Paga Border
James Amoh Junior – GNA
- Best in Arts and Entertainment Reporting
- Ghana recovers some stolen treasures looted during the colonial era
Nabil Ahmed Rufai-FREELANCE
- Best in Business and Economics Reporting
- Armed Robbery vs. Momo agents
- Rosemond Akuorkor Adjetey – GH ONE TV
- Best in Science and Environment Reporting
- Jema resists galamsey bribe to protect water and cocoa resources
-Akwesi Agyei Annim- CHANNEL 1 TV
- Best in Health Reporting
Inside Ghana’s Underground Abortion Pill Market: The Exploitation of vulnerable Women and Girls.
Abigail Annoh – GHANAIAN TIMES
- Akoto Ampaw Award for Democracy & Good Governance.
-Inside the EC Balloting Controversy
Ebenezar Madugu – ATINKA MEDIA
- Best in Gender Reporting
-The forgotten Children of Ghana’s Witches
Doreen Ampofo – GBC
- Best in Courts and Crime Reporting
- Lawyer Shortage hits Legal Aid
Justice Agbenorsi – DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED.
- Best Akan/Twi Radio Station – PEACE FM
- Best Akan/Twi TV Station – ADOM TV
- Best English Radio Station – CITI FM
- Best English TV Station – GTV
- Best Radio Entertainment Program – SHOWBIZ A-Z – (JOY FM)
- Best TV Entertainment Program – United Show BIZ on UTV
- BEST STUDENT JOURNALIST
- The Cost Barrier: Underfunded NHIS leaves patients stranded
- Clinton Yeboah (KNUST).
- BEST FEMALE JOURNALIST – DOREEN AMPOFO – GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION-GBC
- OVERALL BEST JOURNALIST-
Dreams in Shambles – TV3, Media General
GODWIN ASEDIBA