The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has alleged on the media to anxiously fact-check and deflate misinformation as the nation approaches the 2024 accepted elections.  The Association emphasised that the media plays a basic role in abstraction accessible opinion, captivation leaders accountable, and ensuring accuracy in governance.  Therefore, it is acute for media outlets to be advised about the advice they administer to abutment autonomous babyminding and peaceful elections

These animadversion were fabricated at the commencement accident of the 28th GJA Awards Board in Accra

The nine-member awards board is chaired by the Chief Editor at the Ghana Account Agency, George-Ramsey Benamba. Other associates of the board accommodate Jamila Akweley Okertchiri, Editor at the Daily Guide Network, Loretta Vanderpuye, Regional Director at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Joana Afua Mensah, Account Editor at United Television (UTV) and Isaac Yeboah, Senior Editor at Myjoyonline.com

Others are William Asiedu, Head of News, 3FM, Michael Quaye, Deputy Account Editor at Daily Graphic, International Photojournalist Nana Kofi Acquah, and Isaac Nuamah Yeboah, Account Director at Atinka Media Village

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, the Admiral of the Ghana Journalists Association, addressed the gathering, advancement the media to advance candor and antithesis in their advertisement before, during, and afterwards the accessible election

Mr Dwumfour accent the cogent role the media plays in the balloter process, acquainted that their achievement is analytical to the country's autonomous success.  He fatigued that the media cannot allow to abort the nation in this regard, accent the accent of amenable journalism

In accession to announcement authentic and counterbalanced reporting, the GJA admiral encouraged journalists to actively action misinformation.  In his estimation, by accomplishing so, the media can advice ensure a abreast electorate and a smooth, peaceful acclamation process

"The media has the ability to access aborigine behaviour and authority leaders accountable. I charge emphasise, however, that with this ability of the media, comes a abundant albatross to ensure autonomous babyminding and peaceful elections." "The media charge accommodate counterbalanced and candid advertisement and abstain sensationalism and bias, focus on issue-based reporting, rather than personality-driven coverage. Give articulation to assorted perspectives, including marginalised communities and fact-check and deflate misinformation." "In an era area affected news, polarising narratives and bamboozlement advance like wildfire, it was accordingly important for the media to abide active and fact-check what comes through to them." "It is the alone way, as the fourth Estate of the Realm, we can be said to be arena our constitutionally allowable role," he stated

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