Two Ghanaian Journalists, Messrs Daniel Nkrumah from the Daily Graphic and Israel Laryea with Joy FM, have been nominated as finalists in the 13th CNN Multichoice African Journalists Award 2008. The two are among 21 others who will be competing in Tourism, Economics and Business; Environment, Health and Medical; HIV and AIDS reporting; and Features, Photographic and Current Affairs, for the ultimate award, as well as 18 others. The finalists will be given their awards at a ceremony to be held in Accra, Ghana on July 19, 2008. Each award winner in all the categories will be presented with a laptop and accessories and cash prize while the overall best winner will receive an additional cash prize and participate in the CNN Journalism Fellowship at the CNN Centre in Atlanta, USA. In all a total of 1,912 entries were received from 44 countries throughout the continent and the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Alliance, Mr Edward Boateng, who announced the names of the nominees at a ceremony in Accra yesterday, said the entry was so far the highest since the award was instituted 13 years ago. According to Mr Boateng, who is also the CNN representative in Ghana, the two journalists were among 53 others from Ghana who submitted their stories for the competition. He praised the Ghanaian media for showing such high interest in the awards. The other 21 finalists are from Nigeria, with four nominees; Uganda, 2; South Africa, 3; Zambia, 1; Namibia, 1; Mozambique, 1; Tanzania, 2; Kenya, 2; Burkina Faso, 1; Cameroun, 1; Algeria, 1; Zimbabwe, 1; and Eritrea 1. Source: Daily Graphic