Mr Prince Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, a presidential aspirant of the African country Journalists Association (GJA), has suggested journalists broaden their skilled skills to surmount rising challenges within the journalism field.
He ascertained that ancient media, including television, radio and newspapers, had been under fire by new media through social media and online engagements.
thus practitioners are required to professionally upgrade themselves to be more adept and economical to contend favourably with the new media, that were bit by bit taking over the normal media.
Mr Dwumfour recommended at a meeting with members of the Bono Regional Branch of the Association at Abesim close to Sunyani to solicit their votes within the close national and regional executives election, scheduled for Friday, Midsummer's Day this year.
He urged journalists to be able to build their skilled capacities to perpetually stay relevant in society.
Mr Dwumfour secure that beneath his administration, members of the Association would have equal opportunities to attend coaching programmes and workshops locally, similarly to exchange programmes internationally, to equip them with data on trendy journalism trends.
Security and welfare of members would be prioritised beneath his administration wherever they'd relish insurance and scholarship packages to observe freely without concern and panic, he aforementioned.
Mr Dwumfour said retired members wouldn't be sidelined as a result under his tenure, the Association would faucet into their made experiences in its skilled development programmes while their welfare would be increased to create lives a lot of comfortable.
He secures to help regional branches to either build or rent offices to strengthen branch activities to make the Association more visible for a bigger impact on society.
a number of the members, at the meeting, expressed concern over the presence of charlatans within the profession who parade themselves as journalists, thereby tarnishing the name of members, and appealed to the Association to require steps to sanitise the system to regain the respect of the Association.
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