{"id":460051,"date":"2018-01-31T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/ghana-institute-of-journalism-to-host-yaw-ampofo-ankrah-20\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T08:00:28","slug":"ghana-institute-of-journalism-to-host-yaw-ampofo-ankrah-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/ghana-institute-of-journalism-to-host-yaw-ampofo-ankrah-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Institute of Journalism to host Yaw Ampofo Ankrah @ 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Wednesday, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/80816492.295.jpg\" alt=\"Yaw Ampofo GIJ.jpeg\" title=\"Yaw Ampofo GIJ.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yaw Ampofo Ankrah got his first contract as a sports presenter\/newsreader in 1997<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517385628_483_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has confirmed that it would host the 20th Anniversary Symposium Health Walk &amp; Networking event in honour of ace broadcast journalist Yaw Ampofo Ankrah.<\/p>\n<p>The former Joy fm, TV3, Metro and BBC Sports presenter is marking two decades of practice in sports journalism locally and globally. <\/p>\n<p>The Students Representative Council at Ghana\u2019s most distinguished communications institution, has invited Ampofo Ankrah to share his experiences at a symposium on Friday the 23rd of February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The platform will afford students and invited guests from other institutions the opportunity to interact with the much travelled broadcast journalist.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been confirmed that Ampofo-Ankrah will lead students in a health- fitness walk and aerobics the following day Saturday 24th February from the GIJ campus.<\/p>\n<p>The former Atlantis radio presenter is also the President of the Ghana Beach Soccer Association which coincidentally marks 10 years since its official  introduction to Ghana as an association sport.<\/p>\n<p>Media Coordinator for the event, Maame Adwoa Caan told Ghana web that the campuses tour with Yaw Ampofo Ankrah would see the broadcast journalist speaking at other academic and corporate institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The venues and dates would be communicated in due course.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>DID YOU KNOW?<\/p>\n<p>Yaw Ampofo Ankrah got his first contract as a sports presenter\/newsreader in 1997? He was hired by celebrated veteran MC and broadcaster Kwesi Kyei Darkwah aka KKD.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Entertainment of Wednesday, 31 January 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-01-31 Yaw Ampofo Ankrah got his first contract as a sports presenter\/newsreader in 1997 The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has confirmed that it would host the 20th Anniversary Symposium Health Walk &amp; Networking event in honour of ace broadcast journalist Yaw Ampofo Ankrah. 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