Erastus Asare Donkor of the Multimedia Group on Sunday (29 October) emerged as the Journalist of the Year 2022 at the 27th Ghana Journalists Association awards in Accra.
Asare Donkor’s feature, titled: Destruction for Gold, which aired on JoyNews within the year under review, also won him the Best Reporter on Illegal Mining.
In the Destruction for Gold documentary, Asare Donkor exposed the greed and some characters behind the wanton destruction of the environment.
The year’s event was under theme: “Leveraging media freedom to sustain the democratic and security architecture: The litmus test of Election 2024”.
This year’s event was presided over by the chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev Dr Ernest Adu Gyamfi, with Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, delivering the keynote address.
Prominent figures who attended the award include, the Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah, the chairman of the National Media Commission, Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, and the US ambassador to Ghana, Virginia E. Palmer.
Award winners:
- Anthony Adongo Apubeo (GNA) – Education
- Beatrice Senadju (GBC) – Health
- Della Russel Ocloo (Daily Graphic) – Agric & food security
- Vivian Adu (Atinka Media) – Gender
- Newsfile (Joy FM) – Radio Programme (English)
- Fred Duhoe (CitiTV) – News (Television)
- Akua Oforiwa Darko (GBC) – Environment & Science
- Gifty Adjei (GBC) – Features (TV)
- Alberto Mario Noretti (The Mirror) – News (Print)
- Seth Bokpe (The Fourth Estate) – Democracy and Good Governance
- Emma Davies (MultiMedia Group) – Business/economics
- Mohammed Fugu (Daily Graphic) – Domestic Tourism
- Kweku Bolton (GBC) – Arts & Entertainment
- Francisca Enchill (Joynews, Freelance) – Investigative Journalist
- Edward Adeti (The Fourth Estate/Media without Borders) – Crime/Court
- Erastus Asare Donkor (Multimedia Group) – Illegal Mining (TV)
- Emmanuel Dzivenu (Joy Prime) – Disability
- Eric Mensah-Ayettey (Myjoyonline) – Columnist
- Efia Akese (The Mirror) – Features (Print)
- Kester Aburam Korankye (Daily Graphic) – Road safety
- Daily Graphic – Newspaper layout
- Efisem (Atinka Media) – Radio Programme (Gh Language)
- Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman (EIB network) – Feature (Radio)
- Felix Dela Klutse (Pent Media Centre) – Features (online)
- Neta Kris Abiana Parsram (Multimedia Group) – Most promising journalist
- Doreen Ampofo (GBC) – Documentary (Radio)
- Godwin Asediba (Media General) – Documentary (TV)
- Collincia Ayifa (via Multimedia Group) – Student journalist (UCC)
- Critical Issues – UTV (TV Programme, Gh Language)
- Media General – TV Programme (English)
- P.A.V Ansah Journalist of the year, 2022 – Erastus Asare Donkor (Multimedia Group)
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