{"id":432182,"date":"2017-10-31T00:46:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/starr-fms-michael-mfum-picks-mfwa-award\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:46:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:46:39","slug":"starr-fms-michael-mfum-picks-mfwa-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/starr-fms-michael-mfum-picks-mfwa-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Starr FM\u2019s Michael Mfum picks MFWA award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/95056507.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mfwa Sarpong\" title=\"Mfwa Sarpong\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mfum was given GHS10,000, a certificate and a plaque.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909146961482\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909146961482\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1509410799_116_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Brong Ahafo Regional Correspondent of Starr FM, Michael Sarpong Mfum, grabbed the ultimate at the maiden Media Foundation for West Africa\u2019s (MFWA) media contest on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reporting in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Mfum was given GH\u00a210,000, a certificate and a plaque.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s feature story, titled: \u201cJaman South children choose gambling over education\u201d explored how children of school going age in the Jaman South District in the Brong ahafo Region have abandoned their classrooms and instead engaging in gambling activities.<\/p>\n<p>The story, which anchored its strength on the Goal 4 of the SDGs brought out how the increasing gambling activities in Ghana is diverting the attention of school going children from education.<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u2019s work was shortlisted together with five other journalists.<\/p>\n<p>MFWA set aside the award scheme to encourage journalists to report on the SDGs and also increase the public knowledge on the concept.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mfum was given GHS10,000, a certificate and a plaque. The Brong Ahafo Regional Correspondent of Starr FM, Michael Sarpong Mfum, grabbed the ultimate at the maiden Media Foundation for West Africa\u2019s (MFWA) media contest on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reporting in Ghana. Mfum was given GH\u00a210,000, a certificate and a plaque. Michael\u2019s feature story, titled: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":432183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Starr FM\u2019s Michael Mfum picks MFWA award - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/starr-fms-michael-mfum-picks-mfwa-award\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Starr FM\u2019s Michael Mfum picks MFWA award - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Mfum was given GHS10,000, a certificate and a plaque. 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