The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has sent a Merry Christmas wish to all journalists.
In a statement, the GJA said it was profoundly grateful to God of all grace for lavishing his grace on all media practitioners, media owners, and media consumers this year.
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“It is also customary to wish our senior journalists, editors, online editors, film editors, subeditors, film reporters, bloggers, presenters, producers, cameramen, camerawomen, proof readers, and social media activists a Merry Christmas and Productive New Year,” it said.
The GJA noted that a significant swathe of the media space has witnessed the display of distinctively distilled journalism, observing that on the flip side are ethically bankrupt practices which spell a negative image for the profession.
All in all, it asserted that the media have been diligent to their mandate and dutiful to the public by holding duty bearers to account, exposing acts of corruption, oiling the wheels of democracy and feeding the citizens with vital news and information, including the dishonorable spectacle in Parliament over the chaotic E-levy debate.
GJA said undoubtedly, 2022 promises to be more challenging, as the controversial debate is resurrected and political actors are animated to lace their boots or jostle for positions in readiness for the next elections.
“All this underlines the need for the media not to stoke the embers of conflict nor fan the flames of, tension. Rather, they should create a consensual framework to help resolve burning national issues and scale other formidable hurdles so to, put the nation on a path of political toleration, democratic ascendancy, peaceful coexistence, and meaningful development,” it stated.
GJA added that, “The GJA prays and hopes that journalists will resume work from their well-deserved Christmas break re-energized and refocused to navigate the New Year with a high sense of professionalism, and absolute fidelity to the values we hold dear as responsible media practitioners.”
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