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Ethical violations in Ghanaian media down by 75%

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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.

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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