GJA Opens Entries For 28th Media Awards

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has announced the opening of entries for the 28th GJA Media Awards from June 10 to July 7, 2024.

In a press release signed by the general secretary Kofi Yeboah, it stated that only GJA members in good standing are eligible to participate in the award and are required to submit works published in 2023 through their online portal at gjaghana.org. They also added that there will be no extension to the submission deadline.

“Only members of the GJA in good standing are eligible to participate in the awards and they are required to submit works published in 2023. Entries are to be submitted strictly online, and the address for the platform for the submission is: https://portal.gjaghana.org” the press release stated.

The 75th-anniversary activities of GJA will also be climaxed at the awards night.

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Details of the entry requirements and award categories are outlined below;

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS & RULES

• Members of the National Executive and the GJA Media Awards Committee are not eligible to contest.
• Entries should cover works published from January1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
• Entrants may submit entries for a maximum of two award divisions, and not more than two published works should be submitted for each award division.
• However, one work shall not be entered in more than one award division.
• Entrants should submit clear, original published work of each entry.
• Entrants must upload a clear passport size photo for their entries.
• Student journalists must upload a scanned copy of their Student ID Card for their entries.
• Entrants are advised to secure strong Internet connection to ensure easy and fast uploading of entries.
• Entries are open from June 10, 2024 to Sunday, July 7, 2024 (1159hrs).
• Entries/Nominations should be titled ‘GJA MEDIA AWARDS 2024’
• The GJA is NOT bound to give an award in a division if it does not merit one.
• The Awards Committee shall select the overall best story from the various awards divisions for consideration by the National Executive as winner of the P. A. V. Ansah Journalist of the Year; Best Female Journalist of the Year; Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist of the Year, and Best Student Journalist of the Year.

AWARD CATEGORIES

DIVISION ONE (Separate Awards)

1. NEWS (Print, Television, Radio, Online)
2. FEATURES (Print, Television, Radio, Online)

• DOCUMENTARIES (Television, Radio, Online)

1. COLUMNIST (Print, Online)
2. DIVISION TWO (Beats) (One award for each category)

SPORTS

1. EDUCATION

• INVESTIGATIVE

1. PHOTOJOURJALISM
2. ARTS & CULTURE
3. BUSINESS / ECONOMIC

• ENVIRONMENT
• SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. HEALTH
2. AGRICULTURE
3. AKOTO AMPAW AWARD FOR DEMOCRACY & GOOD GOVERNANCE

• GENDER
• CRIME & COURT
• DIVISION THREE (Special Campaign) (One award for each category)

DISABILITY

2. DOMESTIC TOURISM

• ROAD SAFETY

1. ILLEGAL MINING

• DIVISION FOUR (Programmes & Layout) (One award for each category)

BEST RADIO PROGRAMME (GHANAIAN LANGUAGES)

BEST TV PROGRAMME (GHANAIAN LANGUAGES)

BEST RADIO PROGRAMME (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

BEST TV PROGRAMME (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

BEST NEWSPAPER LAYOUT (PRINT)

DIVISION FIVE (Promising Journalist)

2023 BEST STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (Open to students of accredited journalism /communication training institutions whose works were published in 2023. Such entrants must upload a scanned copy of a valid student’s identity card to support their entry)

2024 GJA/KOMLA DUMOR MOST PROMISING JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (Open to journalists of the Association not more than 25 years)

BEST FEMALE JOURNALIST (Open to female journalists of the Association)

DIVISION SIX (Journalist Of The Year)

GJA/P.A.V. ANSAH JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR