General News of Friday, 12 October 2018Source: classfmonline.comResources key to quality journalism – NMC bossProvision of conducive environment needed for quality inputs at workChairman of the National Media Commission, Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has called on media owners to provide conducive environments for their staff and also adequately resource journalists in order to improve the quality of their work. According to him, even though there is a clarion call on journalists to step up their standards, it is also important for media owners to provide the necessary safety and resources for their staff. Nana Gyan-Apenteng said this in an interview with Class News on the sidelines of the launch of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards 2018 in Accra. “When we talk of quality journalism, one of the things we need to talk about is the safety and protection of journalists and of their working environment and all the rest of it. “What we have to do is to understand that standards are important not just in terms of the content but of the working environment, of the welfare of journalists, all those things contribute to the end result which would be quality journalism”.

Source: GhanaWeb October 12, 2018 13:52 UTC