Eight journalists from The Multimedia Group have been nominated for the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards slated for Sunday, October 29, 2023.

The theme for this year’s event is: “Leveraging Media Freedom to Sustain the Democratic and Security Architecture: The Litmus Test of Election 2024.”

The nominee list was released after vetting by a nine-member awards committee chaired by Madam Betty Oppong-Appau. In all 129 individuals are battling it out for 34 categories of the awards.

For this year's awards, the GJA received entries from 129 individuals, including 15 students, and 16 entries from media houses.

The entries covered 83 specific, award categories.

According to the committee, four of the 34 categories failed to produce a deserving winner for this year's awards.

A story is eligible for nomination if it meets the eligibility criteria of Captivating headlines, Good introductions, Multiple sourcing and interviews, Coherent presentations, Verified facts and data references Excellent language, and Balanced work.

Two more awards, namely the GJA Female Journalist of the Year and the ultimate and prestigious GJA Journalist of the Year Award, complete the list of honors to be conferred at Sunday's event.

However, four categories: sports, online news, radio news, and photojournalism, did not meet the criteria for the awards and did not produce winners in that regard.

The Multimedia Group's personalities nominated for the ceremony are Emma Davies, Francisca Enchil, Erastus Asare Donko, Emmanuel Dzivenu, Eric Mensah-Ayettey, Collincia Ayifa, Neta Kris Abiana Parsram, Joyfm/Joy News.

Find the full list of nominees here:

1. Anthony Adongo Apubeo – GNA
2. Beatrice Senadju – GBC
3. Della Russel Ocloo – Daily Graphic
4. Vivian Adu – Atinka Media
5. Joyfm/Joy News
6. Fred Duhoe – CitiTV
7. Akua Oforiwa Darko – GBC
8. Gifty Adjei – GBC
9. Alberto Mario Noretti – The Mirror
10. Seth Bokpe – The Fourth Estate
11. Emma Davies – MultiMedia Group
12. Mohammed Fugu – Daily Graphic
13. Kweku Bolton – GBC
14. Francisca Enchil – Freelance, via Joynews
15. Edward Adeti – The Fourth Estate/Media without Borders
16. Erastus Asare Donkor – The Multimedia Group
17. Emmanuel Dzivenu – Joy Prime
18. Eric Mensah-Ayettey – Myjoyonline
19. Efia Akese – The Mirror
20. Kester Aburam Korankye – Daily Graphic
21. Daily Graphic
22. Atinka Media
23. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman – EIB network
24. Felix Dela Klutse – Pent Media Centre
25. Neta Kris Abiana Parsram – Multimedia Group
26. Doreen Ampofo – GBC
27. Godwin Asediba – Media General
28. Collincia Ayifa – Student journalist via Multimedia Group
29. UTV