General News of Friday, 1 October 2021Source: GNAThe Ghana Tuna Association (GTA) has announced that from October, Naval officers will be onboard tuna vessels as a measure against the frequent attacks of pirates on high seas. He disclosed that this year two Ghanaian vessels had already been hijacked by the pirates disclosing that in one of the hijacks, five foreign crew members of his vessel were taken captives. He said in view of emerging journalistic developmental challenges especially, fake news and social media trending, where ministers of state and government officials resorted to communicating officially through social media platforms, there is the need to hold the pillars of professional journalism through the dissemination of unbiased news to the world. “Now the world especially media practitioners are confused whether to hold on to the traditional media professionalism or get on board the fast track social media train with its landmines”. “We need news on the hour mark, in between the hours too, the citizen needs news, if the traditional media fail to provide it, the social media will fill the vacuum.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2021 15:00 UTC