A research that examined the nature of questions asked during President Mahama\u2019s press conference on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 has tasked the media to cover a variety of national issues in order to keep themselves abreast with issues covering the various sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n
The recommendation was contained in a research which was a collaborative work of the Media Communication and Policy Study Group, a research outfit and a Journalism academic at the National Film and Television Institute, spearheaded by Dr. Sikanku Etse and Kwaku Botwe.<\/p>\n
The work, which systemically assessed the type of questions posed by journalists in Ghana also asked journalists to conduct in-depth research before framing their questions in order to make them more “specific, biting and top-notch”<\/p>\n
According to the research, 15 representing 57.7 out of the total number of questions asked were specific while 11, representing 42.3 % were sweeping.<\/p>\n
“Questions should be well researched and well premised in order to making them specific, biting and top-notch. Hopefully this would help journalists fulfil their mandate of holding government accountable on the specifics of national issues,” it indicated.<\/p>\n
Below is the full research conducted by Dr. Sikanku Etse and Kwaku Botwe.<\/p>\n