{"id":145585,"date":"2015-08-23T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=145585"},"modified":"2015-08-22T18:48:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T18:48:47","slug":"journalists-deserve-better-working-conditions-lecturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=145585","title":{"rendered":"Journalists deserve better working conditions- Lecturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following concerns that the Presidential press corps is not being treated well, a\u00a0lecturer at the School of Communication Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr. Etse Sikanku\u00a0has appealed for the status quo to change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Dr Etse, journalists play a key role in fostering the democracy of the country, hence there must be deliberate efforts to ensure they thrive\u00a0a conducive environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;TlHpDDkvf29qAQTWq2qx20SbluG0Q2JN&#8221;]Dr. Sikanku\u2019s appeal comes\u00a0 days after the press corps was involved in an accident, leading to the death of the Ghanaian Times reporter <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/20\/presidential-press-corps-involved-in-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Nuamah<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were traveling in a hired commercial vehicle after covering the president in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Industry players have question why they were traveling in a hired commercial bus and not part of the presidential convoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others say that decision mirrors the kind of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/22\/press-corps-accident-journalist-calls-for-investigations\/\" target=\"_blank\">treatment<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0meted out to the journalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on <strong>The Big Issue<\/strong>, Dr. Sikanku\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cThe most important thing is that journalists are respected and that journalists do go and travel with the presidential convoy and not in any rickety vehicle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;&#8230; That they are treated and \u00a0respected in a decent and in\u00a0 the same manner as people who have a responsibility for informing the public on what the most important public institution is doing,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The communications lecturer \u00a0further \u00a0described the death of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/20\/presidential-press-corps-accident-ghanaian-times-reporter-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Nuamah<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as an unfortunate one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also recommended that media organisations reconsider their means of coverage of such high profile assignments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He suggested they could involve their\u00a0regional or local reporters across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following concerns that the Presidential press corps is not being treated well, a\u00a0lecturer at the School of Communication Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr. Etse Sikanku\u00a0has appealed for the status quo to change. 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