FAMILIARISE YOURSELVES WITH JOURNALISTIC POLITY GUIDE — SAYS BOADU-AYEBOAFOH (PAGE 14)

The General Manager, Newspapers of the Graphic Communication Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, has urged journalists of the company to familiarise themselves with the company’s ‘Journalistic Policy Guide’ to ensure they do not falter in their reportage, particularly in the forthcoming general election.
"That is our quran and our bible, if we live with it we will not falter," he added.
Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh was addressing journalists of the company drawn from the Western and Central regions at a day’s training programme held in Takoradi to re-orient them on the election coverage in Takoradi.
He advised reporters of the company to be fair to all the political parties, particularly the presidential candidates.
"The need to be fair, balanced and promote peace is a duty we owe to ourselves as journalists of the company," he said, adding "If we want Ghana to be peaceful and democracy to grow, we must discharge our professional duties responsibly".
Touching on the coverage of the parliamentary candidates, he said "As media people, be fair and balanced. Do not align yourselves to one candidate to the neglect of others".
Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh said the focus of GCGL was to unify the nation, saying "Report on healthy developments for the sake of the national good".
"We must contribute our part so that at the end when there is peace, we can say we contributed to it," he stated.
The Political Editor of the Daily Graphic, Mr Kobby Asmah, encouraged the regional reporters to collectively work harder to inform the nation through the various publications of the company as well as helping to maintain GCGL’s lead position in the media industry.
Mr Asmah advised them to work as colleagues and eschew selfishness, suspicion and undermining if they were to make any sustainable impact.
He reminded the regional editors and reporters that they were working towards the same goal, and needed to compliment each other in order to achieve the set mission and vision of the company.