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Success Stories March 19, 2014

Fighting for Fair Cocoa Prices in Ghana.

If you are a farmer in Ghana, you probably grow cocoa. The country is the second largest cocoa producer in the world. For many farmers, their livelihoods depend on the chocolate-producing beans. But when farmers sold their carefully grown cocoa beans to market, they were not always treated fairly.

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Success Stories February 5, 2014

Getting action on electricity rates in Ghana

Ask a Ghanaian about water and electricity service, and you’ll get an earful. But ask 1000 people from across the country, and you have more than enough voices to cause the government to change its course. For three years, water and electricity rates in Ghana were steady. But near the end of 2013, the government

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Program November 13, 2013

Jamila Okertchiri wins Best HIV/Aids Reporting Award

A focus on the meeting of faith and medicine led JHR-trained journalist Jamila Oktertchiri to the winner’s podium at the Ghana Journalists Association Media Awards. Jamila won the Best HIV/Aids Reporting Award for her Daily Guide Ghana story, Prayer Camp and HIV Treatment. In 2012, Jamila worked with JHR trainer Jonathan Mignault to profile two religious pastors and

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Program November 1, 2013

Getting medicines to AIDS patients in Ghana despite strike

Earlier this year, pharmacists in Ghana announced that they were going on strike. The announcement struck fear into the hearts of patients across the country. One of the first impacts of the strike was that pharmacists would stop administering life-saving medicine and drugs to emergency services, mentally ill patients, and people with HIV/AIDS. Juanita

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Field Notes September 4, 2013

Pioneering Data Journalism in Ghana

On July 19, Ghanaians woke up to learn that 46% of the country had paid bribes for government services. The story was on the front page of The Weekend Globe newspaper. It led the morning radio broadcasts. On Facebook, the story received 91 comments. Twitter filled with comments and discussion. Integrated, cross-platform, data journalism had arrived in Ghana.

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Program February 28, 2013

JHR-trained journalist wins scholarship to study in Canada

Airport to airport, it is 7024 km from Tamale, Ghana to Halifax, Nova Scotia. But for Shahadu Abdul Somed, the journey started ain 2005, when he worked with JHR trainer Samantha Mednick, her support and encouragement would change his life. Back then 23 year-old Somed was learning the ropes of radio journalism at Radio Justice – an

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