Familiarize yourself with the global political economy, urged journalists

Accra, July 28, GNA – The Ghana Institute of
Journalism (GIJ) weekend awarded 1,290 students with degree and diploma
journalism and public relations programs with a call for journalists
become familiar with the global political economy.

The ceremony, which was the thirteenth of the
communication, inscribed in the celebration of his sixtieth birthday and
821 graduate students graduated from 469 graduate students.

Mr. Cameron Duodo, a veteran journalist who made the
call, said that it was imperative that all African journalists undertake a thorough badysis
self-education in the political economy as it opens the mind to understand
and appreciate the problems.

He said that it's imperative on the side of the
African educated to understand the subject because "if you do not do it
understand how the global economy really works and how it is stalled against our
continent, you do not know anything. "

Mr. Duodo said that African journalists, exercising
spokesperson for many people, have been scammed from a reasonable living wage,
the need to educate themselves to acquire the ability to explain inflation
and fluctuations in commodity prices, among others.

He said African journalists should also win the
understand to explain to the public the effects of fictitious societies that
escape from being taxed in poor countries by operating shadow headquarters in
tax havens etc.

Mr. Duodo said when citizens fully understood
understand the things above so they would regain self-confidence for
express themselves on the issues that concern them.

He urged graduates to be specific in their
professional practice because they go into the world of work because the accuracy
and interesting facts were the main keys that would make them love the reader.

Mr. Duodo urged graduates to try to
develop their own distinctive style of presenting facts and sticking to them by adding
that no one should be able to "delete your way of writing unless you are very
good writers themselves. "

He urged graduates to remain objective and
balance in the communication of the facts, noting that, apart from speed and precision,
was the balance that improved his relationships.

Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo, Rector of the GIJ,
said the lot were likely to be the last batch of students to graduate from
the independent higher education degree-granting institution called GIJ as a
the government announced plans to merge with National Film and Television
And the Ghana Institute of Languages ​​to form the Media University,
Arts and communications.

He said that the 2019 student group was a full group
prospects for the industry by adding that "they are about to make a
important contribution to the communication sector in particular, and to the
nation as a whole ".

Prof Kwansah-Aidoo said as part of the University program
ambition to radically expand its offer of programs in all faculties and
departments, it would soon be adding some programs to the existing degree
programs that come with two professional courses to choose from journalism and
Public relations.

He said that work was underway to add seven more
programs in the undergraduate programs sector, including: event management and
Sponsorship; Journalism with elective specialization tracks in politics
Reports, economic reports and sports reports.

Others include environmental communication; Media
and culture; Integrated marketing; Strategic communication; and rhetoric and
Public speech.

Prof Kwansah-Aidoo urged graduates to use the
the education and training acquired from the University to positively influence the
world and strive for excellence and professionalism, with due diligence,
discipline and determination are a hallmark of the field of work.

GNA