General News of Friday, 12 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe media in Ghana is a vanguard for freedom – US Embassy PROplay videoPublic Affairs Officer, United States Embassy in Ghana, Roberto QuirozGhana and Africa as a whole have unlimited potential in the journalism profession and the future would be built by new generation of leaders who will assume responsibility to practice accountability, Public Affairs Officer, United States Embassy in Ghana, Roberto Quiroz has predicted. According to him, the media in Ghana is a vanguard for freedom and at the heart of democracy, most nations look up to Ghana as benchmark, added. Roberto Quiroz was speaking at the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) which features conference sessions and awards for journalists in the region. He reiterated to the journalists that media practice is a call to tell the story how it needs to be told, give a story to the voiceless as well as advance equality and justice. To him, however, there is a pertinent challenge facing the media which has to do with code of ethics.

Source: GhanaWeb October 12, 2018 16:18 UTC