Eastern Regional-based Senior Journalist Kojo Ansah has revealed hallowing challenges facing Journalists working for major Television stations in Ghana.
According to him, many major media houses have failed to provide basic working tools such as Cameras and Microphones to their Regional correspondents hence struggling to cover the news.
Below is the full article
It is so sad that major Television media houses in Ghana excluding GTV, Citi TV, and UTV, continue to treat their regional correspondents this way.
Using Eastern Region as a case study
It will shock you to know that, many journalists in the region working for some major Television stations do not have video cameras and their accessories which are basic tools for the work. (The media houses only provide their News correspondents with microphone Logos without a microphone or camera)
Many Regional correspondents mostly rent cameras to work. How?
Sometimes, journalists working for these major TV stations in Accra go to events without a camera. They depend on others for visuals.
Getting the visuals from this third party is hell. It could take days chasing for it if you don’t have a pen drive or external drive to immediately copy the visuals right after the event.
Some Journalists have managed to use their meager salaries to purchase cameras just to work for their media houses.
However, when you go to the studios of these media houses in Accra, they have dozens of Cameras they are using in Accra. I dare say, no reporter at the Accra office uses his/her own purchased camera or rented camera to work.
Accra office has multiple vehicles, but the regions do not have even bicycles. Apart from regions where they have sister stations in which most reporters had to perch their vehicles. For this one, all media houses are guilty except GBC.
So the question is where the cameras are. How can TV stations have Regional correspondent(s) without providing them cameras yet expect them to deliver quality work in terms of quality videos and sounds?
I am speaking to my colleagues who are reticent about their challenges.
This must change!
JoyNews
GHOne TV
Atinka TV Ghana
Tv Africa Ghana
TV3 Ghana
@Net2 TV
Metro TV Ghana
Adom TV
Etc etc
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
