Carl Gavivina Korkpoe writes,It is the training or the lack - TopicsExpress



          

Carl Gavivina Korkpoe writes,It is the training or the lack thereof, Kafui. Elsewhere in the world you undergo rigorous academic training like a pharmacist, physician, engineer, etc. Then when you decide to become a journalist you apprentice with a media house or you head to grad school to train to become a journalist (cf. Jeffrey Tobin, CNNs Senior Legal Analyst - Harvard Law School; Sanjay Gupta, CNNs medical correspondent, Associate Professor of pediatric neurosurgery; Rageh Omar, formerly BBC and many many more). That way you have the solid background about the physics behind what you are going to be talking about. If you want to see ignorance pull out the press coverage media men had with Tsatsu Tsikata prior to his long trial over GNPCs use of derivatives for hedging. Crass ignorance and lack of knowledge unfortunately fed into tabloids as if GNPC was a bull run wild gambling with our fortunes. You need a foundational knowledge, a strong one to be able to for example ask the Minister of Finance or the governor of BoG questions on GDP, inflation, current account deficits, etc. Unfortunately folks who in truth are just DJs at house warming parties are parading big time as journalists. That explains the chaos. #TROUBLE UNLEASHED
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:58:08 +0000

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