{"id":1178350,"date":"2022-08-15T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/joynews-prince-appiah-justice-baidoo-win-iom-best-migration-reporting-award-for-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T10:20:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:20:59","slug":"joynews-prince-appiah-justice-baidoo-win-iom-best-migration-reporting-award-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/joynews-prince-appiah-justice-baidoo-win-iom-best-migration-reporting-award-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Asare (left) receiving the award on behalf of Prince Appiah and Justice Baidoo (right)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>Joynews journalists, Prince Appiah and Justice Baidoo, have been awarded among the best Migration Reporting Journalists in Ghana for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Justice was runner-up for his story titled, \u201cAccra\u2019s Child Beggars\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FB_IMG_1660553459671.jpg\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10032152212\"   title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"\/><figcaption>JoyNews\u2019 Justice Baidoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He says, \u201cI hope that the recognition for this story shines a light on the need for Ghana as a country to take the issue of irregular migration seriously than it is doing now. Especially because of the long term impact that it could have for the development of people and the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"UcfZGSo7V7w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ACCRA&#039;S CHILD BEGGARS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UcfZGSo7V7w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Prince Appiah came third for his report on how the impact of climate change in some communities of youths Savlegu district in the northern part of Ghana has compelled the youth to migrate to the south for greener pastures.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"BL8FK07T88E\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Climate Change Impact: Only source of water dries-out as residents struggle\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BL8FK07T88E?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He did the story with Camera Technician, Kofi Asare, who received the award on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super excited to be here to receive this award on behalf of Prince Appiah. My heart is filled with joy because this report is one of the numerous reports that I have worked on from the cameraworks to video editing and it feels great receiving this award,\u201d an excited Kofi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220813-WA0017-931x1024.jpg\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10032152146\" width=\"438\" height=\"481\"   title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"\/><figcaption>Kofi Asare received the award on behalf of Prince Appiah and himself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prince and Justice were recognised together with four others at a special ceremony held at the Lancaster Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220812-WA0007-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10032152221\"   title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have the honor to award journalists who have shared stories of migration, return and reintegration. Today, they have reinforced in the media space, the relevance of migration to our country,\u201d said Ms Pooja Bhalla, Project Manager, EUJI, IOM Ghana, in a speech read on behalf of the Chief of Mission IOM Ghana, Ms Abibatou Wane Fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We hope that they will take this torch forward, reporting accurately and with the sensitivity required for this complex thematic.\u00a0 And of course, encourage citizens to migrate in a safe and orderly manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FB_IMG_1660553437532.jpg\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10032152215\" width=\"368\" height=\"439\"   title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"\/><figcaption>Ms Pooja Bhalla, Project Manager, EUJI, IOM Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She then called for a strong partnership to champion the course to address Migration issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot do this work alone!\u00a0 We need strong partners, such as you all, who do important work on the ground, in communities, and directly with and for the migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220813-WA0016-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10032152168\"   title=\"JoyNews\u2019 Prince Appiah, Justice Baidoo win IOM best migration reporting award for 2022\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The 2022 Reporting Migration Journalism Competition by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is meant to shine light on key Migration issues including but not restricted to migrant protection and reintegration.<\/p>\n<p>In its second year, organisers say the competition builds on 2021\u2019s successful Journalism Competition conducted by the Regional Office (West and Central Africa) to shine a spotlight on migration stories.<\/p>\n<p>The project is realised through support from the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/joynews-prince-appiah-justice-baidoo-win-iom-best-migration-reporting-award-for-2022\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kofi Asare (left) receiving the award on behalf of Prince Appiah and Justice Baidoo (right) Joynews journalists, Prince Appiah and Justice Baidoo, have been awarded among the best Migration Reporting Journalists in Ghana for 2022. Justice was runner-up for his story titled, \u201cAccra\u2019s Child Beggars\u201d. JoyNews\u2019 Justice Baidoo He says, \u201cI hope that the recognition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1178354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3239,1986,8539,23418,9156,339,7401,1730,14760,309],"class_list":["post-1178350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-appiah","tag-award","tag-baidoo","tag-iom","tag-joynews","tag-justice","tag-migration","tag-prince","tag-reporting","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}