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<\/p>\nGhana media rising? Ghana\u2019s media is young, it is growing, so we can get together, engage, reflect on our profession and begin to discuss what kind of change we want to see. But we must start by coming together. That was the sentiment from EAA Media Productions Director, Esther Armah, the visionary behind the prestigious annual Ghana media summit called: #reImagineGH2017: stories, standards, sex \u2013 the DIGITAL world.<\/p>\n
It was year 2 of the summit, it drew a packed house and the focus was the world of online. The audience included working journalists from a variety of media houses, academics, those who work in the world of online as well as communications students. Attendees included:- Professor Audrey Gadzekpo and Dr Marquita Smith of the University of Ghana; Dr Kajsa Hallberg and Dr Efua Prempah of Ashesi University; Bridget Otoo of TV3 and Dr Etse Sikanku, Host of World Affairs on Class FM. From the world of online there was Nicole Amarteifio of An African City and Nana Opoku, Social Media Manager of MG Digital.<\/p>\n
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The summit\u2019s work is to engage working journalists, the intellectual rigor of academia and the aspirational communications students. Armah says they are all stakeholders in Ghana\u2019s media.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a reactive industry\u201d, said Armah. \u201cWe are in the business of telling other\u2019s stories. Not just telling, but critiquing, challenging others. Where is our opportunity to be reflective about our own industry, to ask critical questions, to share our experiences and to challenge ourselves? #reImagineGH2017: stories, standards, sex is about creating that space\u201d.<\/p>\n
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The panelists were Nana Ama Agyemang Asante \u2013 CitiCBS Co-host and writer; Kwame Acheampong \u2013 Deputy Editor of Starr FMOnline; Efo Dela \u2013 Blogger, Satirist and Poet. Keynote Speaker was Anita Erskine of StarrFM. The first panel was with Nana Ama Agyemang Asante. The panel focus: \u2018Standards and Sex\u2019.\u00a0 Esther Armah was Host and Moderator for the Summit. She explained she used the word sex to address sexual violence and the treatment of women in the media. Often, Ghana\u2019s media would use the word sex \u2013 but what was being described was sexual violence.<\/p>\n
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Nana Ama Agyemang lamented what she described as the lack of standards when reporting issues of sexual violence in the media, and explained that impacted journalists\u2019 approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not implementing the standards of how to report sexual violence. But they are there\u201d said Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Head of Communications at the University Ghana during the Q&A session. She referred to the National Council of Ghana Journalism Association\u2019s Code of Ethics and LI2224, the code regulation that fell foul of the media due to its prescriptive approach to creating content.<\/p>\n
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The second panel featured Kwame Acheampong \u2013 Deputy Editor of StarrFMOnline and Efo Dela \u2013 Blogger, Poet, Satirist.W<\/p>\n
Acheampong spoke passionately about the dilemma facing online journalists – the competing realities within any media house; raise numbers and maintain a quality of writing.<\/p>\n
Dela and Acheampong spoke of the freedom and speed of online. Keynote speaker Anita Erskine lamented the lack of research and quality from some Bloggers. She asked the panelists if online meant engaging speed and sacrificing standards. \u00a0Armah asked each of the journalists: \u201cwhat are willing to do to elevate the standards? What are we willing to do to create the change we say we need and want?\u201d<\/p>\n
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The prestigious summit is the vision of EAA Media Productions and its Director, Esther Armah. The media company is a change agent: it is creator of the summit, holds master class media training and creates content including the international radio show \u2018The Spin\u2019.<\/p>\n
The summit took place at Webster University Ghana campus in East Legon. Christa Sanders is Campus Director of the Webster University Ghana Campus.\u00a0 She welcomed the media summit for its second year at Webster where Esther Armah is a Communications Lecturer at Webster University<\/p>\n
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