Award Categories

The GJA Award Categories


The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) invites entries for its 24th Media Awards scheduled for Saturday, November 23rd, 2019. Entries for the competition, which is open to members working in the Ghanaian media, should cover works published/broadcast from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Awards will be given in the following categories, which may also be accessed on www.gjaawards.com:

Cat. One (Separate Awards for Radio, Television, Print & Online)

  • News Reporting
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Features
  • Small-Scale Illegal Mining (Galamsey)
  • Maritime

Cat. Two (Awards cater for Print & Electronic)

  • Investigative Reporting
  • Photojournalism
  • Arts/Entertainment
  • Domestic Tourism
  • Business/Finance & Economic Reporting
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Small and Micro Scale Enterprises (SMEs)
  • Development Journalism for furthering the SDGs
  • Human Rights (with focus on Child Protection)
  • Political Reporting
  • Crime & Court Reporting
  • Sanitation & Hygiene
  • Disability
  • ICT & Digital Journalism (including Blogging)
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Science
  • Oil & Gas
  • ADB special award for Agriculture
  • Rural Reporting
  • HIV & AIDS
  • Best WASH Reporter (World Vision)
  • World Vision Special award for Child Protection
  • Telecommunications
  • Transport/Road Safety
  • Decentralisation and Local Government
  • Decentralisation and Local Government
  • Nutrition

CATEGORY THREE

  • Best Columnist
  • Best Cartoonist (Print & Electronic)
  • Best Morning Show (Radio)
  • Best Morning Show (Television)
  • Best Radio Station
  • Best Television Station
  • Best Newspaper
  • Cat. Four (Media Houses Only)

    • Democracy & Peace-building
    • Best Layout & Designed Newspaper
    • Best Rural Radio Station
    • Best Radio/TV Programme – Akan
    • Best Radio/TV Programme – Dagbani
    • Best Radio/TV Programme – Ewe
    • Radio/TV Programme – Ga
    • Radio/TV Programme – Hausa
    • Radio/TV Programme – Nzema
    • Cat. Five

      • Industry Leadership Awards
      • Cat. Six

        • Best Female Journalist of the Year Sponsored by US Embassy
        • Komla Dumor Most Promising Young Journalist
        • Professor PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year