{"id":43343,"date":"2014-08-31T10:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T10:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=43343"},"modified":"2014-11-20T07:46:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:46:53","slug":"citi-fms-nana-boakye-yiadom-wins-best-online-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/citi-fms-nana-boakye-yiadom-wins-best-online-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM\u2019s Nana Boakye-Yiadom wins best online story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> Nana Boakye-Yiadom has won the award for the best online story at the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The story, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2013\/10\/14\/phone-farming-how-sms-is-changing-agriculture-in-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u201cPhone Farming\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/strong> which was adjudged the best online story for 2013, revealed how simple text messages are taking rural farmers out of poverty and changing Ghana\u2019s agriculture landscape.<\/p>\n<p>It portrayed how thousands of farmers across the country increased their yields after receiving simple but accurate farming tips through a text messaging platform.<\/p>\n<p>The tips include; when to plough a farm land, planting, application of fertilizer, harvesting, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The platform also empowers the farmers to have bargaining power with the elimination of \u201cmiddle\u201d men and women who hitherto ripped them off by buying their produce at cheap prices.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Graphic reporter, Mabel Aku Baneseh was crowned the Journalist of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The first Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist of the Year Award went to Maxwell Akalaral Adambilla also of the Daily Graphic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other winners on the night were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Photojournalism Electronics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mark Sasu &#8211; GTV<\/p>\n<p><b>Photojournalism Print<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Tei Adanu &#8211; Daily Guide<\/p>\n<p><b>TV feature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Narkwor Kwabla (TV3)<\/p>\n<p><b>News Reporting (TV)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Asante Fordwor &#8211; TV3<\/p>\n<p><b>News Reporting Print<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dzifa Emma Tetteh &#8211; Ghanaian Times<\/p>\n<p><b>Electronic Reporting disability<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kwetey Nartey &#8211; TV Africa<\/p>\n<p><b>Reporting Disability (Print)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jamina Okaretsire<\/p>\n<p><b>Science Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Quartey &#8211; GTV<\/p>\n<p><b>Agric reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Soyoko Kyere &#8211; GTV<\/p>\n<p><b>Feature (Print)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maxwell Adombilla &#8211; Daily Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>Business Finance and Economics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kwetey Nartey &#8211; TV Africa<\/p>\n<p><b>Human Rights<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nelson Adanutey &#8211; Diamond FM<\/p>\n<p><b>Investigative journalism<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kwetey Nartey &#8211; TV Africa<\/p>\n<p><b>Telecommunications<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Seth Dogbey, Kwesi Amprah Twum &#8211; Daily Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>SMEs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Moses Aklorbotu &#8211; Daily Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>Education Reporting (Electronic)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Isabella Owusu Oppong \u2013 GTV<\/p>\n<p><b>Education Reporting (Print)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Yeboah \u2013 Daily Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>Rural Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Seth Otoo<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Arts and Entertainment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Armah \u2013 GTV<\/p>\n<p><b>Water Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Yeboah<\/p>\n<p><b>HIV\/AIDS reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kwetey Nartey \u2013 TV Africa<\/p>\n<p><b>Crime\/Court Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mabel Aku Baneseh \u2013 Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>Sports Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>John Vigah \u2013 Ghanaian Times<\/p>\n<p><b>Political Reporting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mabel Aku Baneseh \u2013 Graphic<\/p>\n<p><b>Oil and Gas<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maxwell Akalaral \u2013 Graphic<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citi FM\u2019s Nana Boakye-Yiadom has won the award for the best online story at the 19th Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) Awards. 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