Newly sworn-in President of the Western Region Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Desmond Cudjoe has promised a tenure that would see journalism becoming an enviable profession.
He underscores the critical role journalism plays in the development paradigm of any country for which reason the profession should be one that hinges on professionalism and not sensationalism.
Mr. Cudjoe said this when he together with other regional executives were sworn in on Thursday July 7, 2022 at the Sekondi Magistrate Court Complex by Her Lordship Rosemary Hayford.
They are Desmond Cudjoe of the Ghana Broadcast Corporation GBC as the President, Kwame Mensa of EIB as the Vice President, Shirley Ewurama Smith of Media General as the Secretary and Marie Aziz Tunde of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GBC as the Treasurer.
All four regional executives contested the elections unopposed.
Desmond Cudjoe expressed regret that over the years the standard of journalism in the country has been falling and fears things could be worse if pragmatic efforts are not made to stem the trend.
But he envisions a tenure in office where journalists will be guided by the ethics of the profession in all their engagements “if not everywhere in the country, at least in the Western Region”.
For her part, the regional secretary Shirley Ewurama Smith mentioned that another area that the new executives will also pay attention to, will be the welfare journalists in the region.
Story by : Matilda Youpele
