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Communication educator Professor Kwame Karikari called on journalism training institutions to consider introducing courses in local languages to promote professionalism in non-English speaking radio stations.
He said that although professionalism is quite high in the media landscape, the misuse of local languages by radio stations was of great concern.
Professor Karikari said this when he in turn took the third edition of MTN’s 25th Anniversary Brilliant Conversation on the topic: “Promoting Professionalism in the Age of Social Media and Citizen Journalism.” “
“Let’s admit that a lot of unprofessional journalism has to do with the fact that a lot of radio and TV stations are owned by politicians and politically exposed people and that’s where a lot of the unprofessionalism comes from, especially in the use of local languages.
“But we haven’t really faced a serious radio and television problem creating the kind of dangers you might find in different parts of the world,” he said.
Professor Karikari, former executive director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, commended the state media for their great professionalism and called on them to take a critical look at the Constitution and their responsibility to restore question authority and open up to dissenting opinions.
“So the public sector media; GBC, GNA, Ghanaian Times and Daily Graphic, I think they have posted a number of professional standards, ”Professor Karkari noted, urging them to become more critical.
He said that within the private sector, journalists at radio and television stations have also on several occasions demonstrated a level of professionalism comparable to others and urged them to maintain standards.
The MTN Bright Conversations series is a new initiative from MTN Ghana as part of the activities marking the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
The aim is to celebrate distinguished individuals whose ideas, thoughts and reflections have helped shape Ghanaian society.
The first and second editions hosted Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, former chairman of the National Media Commission and Reverend Joyce Aryee of the Salt and Light Ministries.
Professor Kwame Karikari, a champion of free speech and independent media, has been for many years Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the School of Communication Studies at the University of Ghana.
He has also participated in the training of journalists in several African countries over the years.
Professor Karikari has worked as a journalist, in particular; Managing Director of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in the early 1980s.
He is celebrated for having defended the cause of social justice and human rights in Africa, in particular; democratic reforms in Ghana.
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