The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Trade Union Congress of Ghana (TUC) have launched a collaborative effort to curtail the recent spate of mass lay offs that has hit the media landscape .
President of the GJA ,Dr. Roland Affail Monney, disclosed this when he graced a ceremony to graduate some pioneer students of the Atinka Media Academy in Accra as a special Guest of honour.
Some media firms, GN Media, owned by Group Nduom and TV Africa which was recently taken over by Group Ideal, have in the last few days laid off some staffs in what has been described as a restructuring exercise, heightening concerns over the recent job as a similar incident followed the collapse of some banks.But the GJA President says the Association is in talks with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to help solve the tide in the media.He noted that the GJA and the TUC will in the coming days meet to deliberate on ways to manage the situation.
A total number of 48 trainees graduated from the Atinka Media Academy (AMA) with 24 of them obtaining professional certificates in Broadcast Journalism, whilst the rest obtained certificates in Camera handling and Video Editing among other media disciplines .
In his welcome address , The Managing Director of the Atinka Media Village, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour ,charged the graduands to always be guided by fairness and objectivity in the discharge of their duties.
He also encouraged the graduands to embrace the fact that nobody can succeed in life by not taking a shot at any opportunity that comes their way and as they embark their journey into the future, they should take advantage of any opportunity they may come accross.
“As you pursue your various carers in different institutions, try to be worldly ambassadors with the practical experiences you acquired at Atinka Media Academy, He admonished the graduands .
He charged them that, their foremost duty as would be media personnel is to be for God,mankind and Country and not their individual interests.
He also advised them to be guided by the code ethics of the Ghana Journalist Association.
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