Thirty journalists from the Ashanti, Greater Accra, and the five northern regions of Ghana have successfully completed a three-day training on Investigative Journalism and Anti-Corruption Reporting in Accra.

The training, held at the Sunlodge Hotel, was organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) with support from GIZ under the Participation, Accountability, Integrity for a Resilient Democracy (PAIReD) programme. It was facilitated by Michael Boadi of Transparency International Ghana and William Nyarko, Executive Director of the Africa Center for International Law and Accountability (ACILA).

The Accra training is the first in a series of three intensive workshops planned for the same group of journalists. The next two workshops will focus on the use of Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Law, and on Data Journalism and Fact-Checking.

The training is part of the MFWA’s project titled “Countering Corruption through Accountability Journalism and Improved Freedom of Expression Environment in Ghana.” The project seeks to strengthen the capacity of journalists to expose corruption, promote accountability, and contribute to a freer and safer media landscape in Ghana.

The PAIReD programme is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and implemented by GIZ in cooperation with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance.

Credit: Media Foundation for West Africa