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<\/p>\n

\n

The participants and trainers<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

BARCLAYS
\nBANK Ghana, part of the Absa Group, organised two-day masterclass training on
\ndata journalism for Ghanaian journalists in Accra recently to enhance their
\ncapacity in reporting financial and business news.<\/p>\n

The Absa
\nData Journalism Masterclass is focused on aiding journalists with skills and
\ntools they can use to analyse data to better explain and provide context to news
\nstories.<\/p>\n

The training
\nwhich was in partnership with South Africa\u2019s Rhodes University Department of
\nJournalism and Media Studies was aimed at building the capacity of journalists
\nto report on financial matters more proficiently. <\/p>\n

Led by Dr.
\nPeter Verweij, a world-renowned journalism trainer and academic, the masterclass
\ntraining targeted 20 journalists including editors and senior business and financial
\nreporters from various media outlets across the country.<\/p>\n

Ebo
\nRichardson, Change Enablement Lead in charge of Transformation and Technology
\nat Barclays Bank Ghana, noted that the Absa Data Journalism Masterclass was
\ndesigned to empower journalists to report better on financial information that
\nis used by individuals and corporate organisations to make critical decisions
\non a daily basis.<\/p>\n

Nana Essilfuah
\nBoison, Marketing and Corporate Relations Director of Barclays Bank Ghana,
\ncommended the media for supporting the bank over the years and pledged the
\nbank\u2019s renewed commitment to build stronger partnerships with the media as the
\nbank rebrands to Absa.<\/p>\n

Speaking on
\nbehalf of his colleagues, Samuel Appau Aheng of Kumasi-based Angel FM<\/em> thanked Barclays for giving
\nthem the opportunity to improve their skills in data journalism. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful
\nfor this opportunity and we are very hopeful this data journalism masterclass will
\nhave a positive impact on our work as journalists towards managing and
\nreporting on data,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since the programme\u2019s inception, nine Ghanaian journalists have had the opportunity to attend the masterclass at Rhodes University in South Africa. Participants received certificates after the training programme.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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