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The latest report from the Media Foundation for West Africa’s
monitoring of ethical violations in the Ghanaian media shows that
incidents of ethical violations have reduced by 75 per cent after six
months of monitoring.
Myjoyonline.com reports indicate that, In May 2014 when the monitoring
started, 141 ethical violations were recorded. However, in October
2014, only 36 ethical violations were recorded.
The report also shows that news websites proportionally recorded the
highest number of ethical violations whereas newspapers recorded the
lowest.
Ghanaweb.com topped all the 40 media outlets monitored by recording
close to 30 percent (185 of 636) of all the ethical violations
recorded over the six months monitoring period.
Remarkably, nine of the 40 media outlets monitored over the six-month
period did not register any ethical violation. Two (2) of these media
outlets are newspapers (New Crusading Guide and Public Agenda) and the
remaining seven (7) are radio stations – ATL FM, Radio Gurune, Radio
Peace, Radio Progress, Radio Savanna; Rite FM, and Suncity FM.
The MFWA’s monitoring and reporting of ethical violations in the
Ghanaian media forms part of the STAR-Ghana-funded project “Promoting
Professional Standards and Enhancing the Watchdog Role of the Ghanaian
Media.”
The project is aimed at contributing to improve the professional
standards of the media in Ghana and supporting them to play a more
effective role in fostering transparent and accountable governance
through critical and investigative stories.
As part of the project, 40 media outlets (made up of 25 radio
stations, 10 newspapers and five news websites) selected across the
country were monitored on a daily basis to track and report on ethical
violations.
The six-month monitoring exercise came to an end on October 31, 2014.
Congrats to Suncity Radio in the Brong Ahafo Region for maintaining
their status…by not registering any ethical violation in the past 6 months.
