[ 2013-12-28 ]

Media and Broadcasting awards 2013 - List of nominees out
1. Media Entrepreneur of the Year:

– This award will go to the media entrepreneur
who has demonstrated exceptional media
entrepreneurship skills in 2013. Criteria includes
the adoption of best practices for media
businesses, the introduction of innovative
business models that are ethical, creation of high
value jobs, the provision of resources to support
high quality media and broadcasting, investment in
capacity building and training for media
practitioners among others.

1. Mr. Osei Kwame Despite (Despite Group of
Companies)

2. Mr. Kwesi Twum (Multimedia Group)

3. Mrs. Stella Wilson -Agyapong (Kencity Media)

4. Mr. Edward Boateng (Global Media Alliance)



2. Radio Programme of the Year – This award will
be presented to the radio programme that makes the
most measurable contribution to specific social
causes. The winning radio programme is identified
as the force behind a high-impact social change.

1. Nsem Pii (Happy FM)

2. Super Morning Show (Joy FM)

3. Kokroko (Peace FM)

4. Boiling Point (Oman FM)



3. Television Programme of the Year – This award
will be presented to the television programme that
makes the most measurable contribution to specific
social causes. The winning television programme is
identified as the force behind a high-impact
social change.

1. Good Evening Ghana (Metro TV)

2. The Stand Point (GTV)

3. The Challenge (GH One)

4. News 360 (TV3)



4. New Media Practitioner of the Year – This
award will be presented to an exceptional blogger
or online journalist whose work made the most
significant contribution to society in 2013. The
winning journalist would have leveraged the
internet and social media to educate, inform or
entertain in a unique way.

1. Ameyaw Debrah (ameyawdebrah.com)

2. Adventuresfrom.com

3. Ato Kwamina Dadzie (atokd.com)

4. Kajsa Hallberg Adu (kajsaha.com)



5. General News Media House of the Year – The
General News Media House of the Year will be the
Media House with the most complete and
comprehensive coverage of news from around the
country. This Media House will have provided the
most varied and accurate news content in the year
under review.

1. Daily Graphic

2. TV3

3. Peace FM

4. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation



6. Print Media House of the Year – This award
will be presented to the print media house that
focused the spotlight on pertinent national issues
with a view to inform, educate and cause action.

1. The Finder

2. Daily Graphic

3. Ghanaian Times

4. Daily Guide


7. Radio Broadcaster or Practitioner of the Year
– This award will be presented to a Broadcaster
or Practitioner who most positively used radio to
influence society in 2013 whilst using radio to
educate, inform and mobilize action on the
nation’s most pressing issues.

1. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (Joy FM)

2. Bernard Avle (Citi FM)

3. Kwami Sefa Kayi (Peace FM)

4. Wisdom Agbodza (Nyansa Boakwa) (Happy FM)



8. Television Broadcaster or Practitioner of the
Year – This award will be presented to a
Broadcaster or Practitioner who most positively
used television to influence society in 2013
whilst using television to educate, inform and
mobilize action on the nation’s most pressing
issues.

1. Odelia Ofori (TV3 News)

2. Gifty Anti (The Stand Point)

3. Paul Adom Otchere (Good Evening Ghana)

4. Randy Abbey (Good Morning Ghana)



9. Print Journalist of the Year – This award
will be presented to a journalist who most
positively used print media to influence society
in 2013 whilst using print media to educate,
inform and mobilize action on the nation’s most
pressing issues.

1. William Asiedu (The Mirror Newspaper)

2. Mabel Aku Baneseh (Daily Graphic)

3. Cephas Larbi (Daily Guide)

4. Edmund Kofi Yeboah (Daily Graphic)



10. Radio Station of the Year – This award will
recognise the radio station that made the most
significant contribution to national development.
Quality of programmes, relevance of issues
reported and causes canvassed for, quality and
accuracy of news, among others will form the basis
of selection.

1. Joy FM

2. Citi FM

3. Oman FM

4. Peace FM



11. Television Station of the Year – This award
will recognise the television station that made
the most significant contribution to national
development. Quality of programmes, relevance of
issues reported and causes canvassed for, quality
and accuracy of news, among others will form the
basis of selection.

1. Viasat One

2. TV3

3. Metro TV

4. GTV



12. Media Practitioner of the Year – This award
will be presented to the overall best Media
Practitioner in 2013. This is MaBA’s most
prestigious individual award.

Comes with a cash Prize of $500.00

1. Ransford Tetteh (Daily Graphic)

2. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (Joy FM)

3. Kwami Sefa Kayi (Peace FM)

4. Gifty Anti (The Stand Point)



13. Media Organisation of the Year - This award
will be presented to the overall best media or
broadcasting organisation in 2013. This is
MaBA’s most prestigious award for organisations.
Comes with a cash prize of $500.00

1. Viasat One

2. Graphic Communications Group

3. TV3

4. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation



SPECIAL AWARD CATEGORIES

Environment Award – This award will go to the
Media House that has done the most outstanding
work on environmental issues; providing education,
and pushing for action on pressing environmental
issues.

1. TV3

2. Adom FM

3. GTV

4. Junior Graphic

Arts, Culture & Entertainment Award – This award
will be presented to the Media House that has done
the most outstanding work in the area of arts,
culture and entertainment in the year under
review.

1. TV3 – Ghana’s Most Beautiful

2. YFM – Area Codes

3. e.TV - Panorama

4. TV Africa – Promoting African Values



Social & Gender Award – This award will go to
the Media House that has done the most work on
social and gender issues.

1. Ghana Television for the Stand Point

2. Daily Graphic for its Gender Column

3. Happy FM for Mass Wedding

4. JOY FM – Bridal Show


Democracy & Governance Award – The recipient
will be a Media House whose work has made the most
significant contribution to deepening democracy
and promoting good governance within the year.


1. Daily Graphic (Reportage on Election Petition
Hearing)

2. GTV (Coverage of Election Petition Hearing)

3. Metro TV (Good Morning Ghana)

4. GTV (Talking Point)


CSR Award – This will go to the Media House with
the best participation and significant impact in
any community or project through its Corporate
Social Responsibility programmes.


1. Joy FM (Easter Soup Kitchen)

2. e.TV Ghana (Helping Little Maame Akua Siaw)

3. Viasat One (Right to Dream)

4. Citi FM (Easter Orphan Project




December, 2013

Source - Institute of Media Practice

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