MTN Ghana organises training workshop for Journalists

By Patience Gbeze, GNA

Accra, Feb. 26, GNA – MTN Ghana has organised a day’s training for some selected Financial journalists to advance their writing skills and story-telling abilities.

The training programme dubbed “The bright Story Series” formed part of MTN Media Development Programmes instituted a few years ago.

Ms Pala Ofori Asiedu, the Acting Corporate Services Executive, MTN Ghana, said the programme since its inception, had been held in different parts of the country under different topics.

She said the programme sought among other things, to be a valuable learning partner of journalists through periodically structured learning pathway such as workshops and seminars.

“By engaging selected industry professionals, the Bright Story Series imparts requisite skills in the area of communication,” she added.

Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, speaking on the topic “Creative Writing – Telling Interesting Stories” advised journalists to always make their leads catchy and straight to the point.

“Interview personalities to get other sides to enrich your stories as well as make them real,” she added.

Mr LIoyd Evans, a Seasoned Financial Journalist also took participants through “Teasing Out Telling Stories From Financial Reports” and advised financial journalists to have strong relations with their Chief Accountants or Directors of Finance and other experts to aid them report accurately.

Professor Ivor Agyeman-Duah, a Visiting Associate Professor and Director of the Wole Soyinka Foundation, University of Johannesburg in South Africa, touching on “Between Facts and Fiction; Telling Compelling Stories” also urged journalist to try and connect to people, who are not in high position but have a good story to tell.

Mr Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director for Media Foundation for West Africa, commended MTN Ghana for the platform and its continuous support for the media in Ghana.

He noted that as the country is growing, especially in terms of infrastructure, there was the need for the media to shift their reportage in that direction.

GNA

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