The 29th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards concluded tonight, November 8, at the Manhyia Palace, with Godwin Asedibe of TV3 crowned the 2024 Journalist of the Year.

The ceremony, held outside Accra for the first time under the high patronage of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was a grand affair celebrating media excellence in Ghana.

The Multimedia Group Limited emerged as a key winner on the night, securing eight awards across various platforms, demonstrating its continued dominance and reach in Ghana’s media landscape.

These awards were selected from a pool of 321 entries, reflecting the highly competitive nature of this year's contest, which focused on the theme: "Safeguarding Ghana's future: The role of the media in promoting peace, security and the fight against galamsey."

The event, marked by its relocation to the Ashanti Region, drew high-profile guests including President John Dramani Mahama, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, and Alex Apau Dadey, Executive Chairman of the KGL Group.

Full List of Individual and Institutional Winners

The following is the comprehensive list of journalists and media institutions recognised at the 29th GJA Awards:

Below is the full list of winners:

1.   Best in News Reporting (Print)

Poverty in the midst of wealth

Severious Kale-Dery- DAILY GRAPHIC-GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED-GCGL

2.   Best in News Reporting – (Television)

Leveraging AI for Sustainable Development in Africa

Nabil Ahmed Rufai - FREELANCE

3.  Best in News Reporting (Radio)

Accra AIR Quality

Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman – EIB NETWORK

4.   Best in News Reporting – (Online)

Air Pollution

Albert Oppong Ansah – GNA

FEATURES

5.  Best in Features – (Print)

Accra E-Waste Quagmire

Timothy Ngnenbe – DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED.

6.  Best in Features – (Television)

Hypertension

Sarah Apenkro - TV3

7.  Best in Features – (Radio)

Faana Boat Disaster, a year on.

Rachel Kakraba – GBC  

8.  Best in Features – (Online)

Abuse of Agrochemicals: A Silent deadly practice by small holder farmers.

Solomon Gumah, GNA.

COLUMNIST

9.  Best Columnist – (Print)

Race for Asutifi Seats

Edmond Smith Asante – DAILY GRAPHIC – GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION GROUP LIMITED

10. Best Columnist – (Online)

Elephant in the Room: Telcel vs. ATC – who peddled ‘’utter falsehood’’?

Samuel Dowuona – TECH FOCUS

DOCUMENTARIES

11. Best in Documentaries – (Television)

Dreams in Shambles

Godwin Asedeba – TV3 – Media General

12. Best in Documentaries – (Radio)

Obstetric Fistula

Doreen Ampofo – GBC

13. Best in Documentaries – (Online)

The Battle for West Africa’s largest salt deposit

Justice Baidoo & Philip Teye Agbove – THE FOURTH ESTATE

DISABILITY

14. Best in Disability Reporting

Sign Language

Esther Aidoo – GBC

DOMESTIC TOURISM

15. Best in Domestic Tourism Reporting

Monkey Sanctuary

Anass Sabit – JOYNEWS

ROAD SAFETY

16.  Best in Road Safety Reporting

Deadly Highways: Fixing Ghana’s silent epidemic

Issifu Dasmani Larry - GNA

ILLEGAL MINING

17. Best in Illegal Mining

Last Hour Mining

Ohemeng Tawiah – JOY NEWS

18. Best RADIO/TV Program (Ghanaian Language) – Ekosiisen on Asempa TV.

19. Best RADIO/TV Program (ENGLISH) – THE PROBE - Multimedia.

20. Best Newspaper Layout.

- DAILY GRAPHIC - GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED. 

21. Best Sports Journalist

- Trey Haun: The boy whose ride lifts the Ghanaian flag high and inspires a community to dream big.

Muftawu Nabila Abdulai-MY JOYONLINE

22. Best in Education Reporting

-Single mother combines responsibility with schooling

Peter Agengre-GBC

23. Masahudu Ankilu Kunateh- (African Eye Report) TBD

24. Best in Photojournalism

- Paga Border

James Amoh Junior - GNA

25. Best in Arts and Entertainment Reporting

- Ghana recovers some stolen treasures looted during the colonial era

Nabil Ahmed Rufai-FREELANCE

26. Best in Business and Economics Reporting

- Armed Robbery vs. Momo agents

- Rosemond Akuorkor Adjetey – GH ONE TV

27. Best in Science and Environment Reporting

- Jema resists galamsey bribe to protect water and cocoa resources

-Akwesi Agyei Annim- CHANNEL 1 TV

28. Best in Health Reporting

Inside Ghana’s Underground Abortion Pill Market: The Exploitation of vulnerable Women and Girls.

Abigail Annoh – GHANAIAN TIMES

29. Akoto Ampaw Award for Democracy & Good Governance.

-Inside the EC Balloting Controversy

Ebenezar Madugu – ATINKA MEDIA

30. Best in Gender Reporting

-The forgotten Children of Ghana’s Witches

Doreen Ampofo - GBC

31. Best in Courts and Crime Reporting

- Lawyer Shortage hits Legal Aid

Justice Agbenorsi - DAILY GRAPHIC - GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED.

32. Best Akan/Twi Radio Station – PEACE FM

33. Best Akan/Twi TV Station - ADOM TV

34. Best English Radio Station - CITI FM

35. Best English TV Station – GTV

36. Best Radio Entertainment Program – SHOWBIZ A-Z – (JOY FM)

37. Best TV Entertainment Program - United Show BIZ on UTV

38. BEST STUDENT JOURNALIST

- The Cost Barrier: Underfunded NHIS leaves patients stranded

- Clinton Yeboah (KNUST).

39. BEST FEMALE JOURNALIST – DOREEN AMPOFO – GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION-GBC

40. OVERALL BEST JOURNALIST-

Dreams in Shambles - TV3, Media General

GODWIN ASEDIBA