Ghanaian Media Not Financially Viable; Journalists Poorly Paid – Report

A report on the state of the Ghanaian media has revealed that the media is not financially viable with the majority of journalists poorly paid. The report compiled by the Communications Department of the University of Ghana and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) also disclosed that the Ghanaian media industry is too heavily plagued by saturation, the cost of doing business in Ghana, dwindling advertising budgets [including capital fight onto social media platforms], and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting the viability of the media. “The data shows that as in many other African countries, COVID-19…