The Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, , has hinted at his ministry's plan to implement legislation aimed at guiding the media's reportage and coverage of tragedies in a more respectful and less graphic manner.
According to him, under the new legislation, the ministry will ensure that the regulations align with the Ghana Journalists Association's Code of Ethics, which calls on journalists to respect the privacy of bereaved and grieving families. "We're going to be taking a lot of inspiration from the GJA's own code of ethics.
So, the way the code of ethics speaks about respect for grieving families and intrusion in the privacy of people who are grieving, we would literally pick directly from the constitution.
It will be done in the constitution's own words and put in the legislation," he said on JoyNews on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
