{"id":1249673,"date":"2022-11-12T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T23:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/12\/portia-gabor-of-tv3-wins-gja-2021-journalist-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T23:38:50","slug":"portia-gabor-of-tv3-wins-gja-2021-journalist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/12\/portia-gabor-of-tv3-wins-gja-2021-journalist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Portia Gabor of TV3 wins GJA 2021 Journalist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/portia.jpg\" alt=\"Portia Gabor of TV3 wins GJA 2021 Journalist of the Year\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nPortia Gabor of TV3 wins GJA 2021 Journalist of the Year <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Portia Gabor of TV3 is the Ghana Journalist Association 2021 Journalist of the Year.<\/h2>\n<p>Portia Gabor warded off competition from Kester Aburam Korankye of the Daily Graphic and Francis Enchill of Joy Prime and freelancer.<\/p>\n<p>The three of them picked up two awards each at the 26th GJA Awards on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But Portia Gabor crowned it up with the ultimate to make three by becoming the Journalist of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>She picked up the best in television news reporting with the story &#8220;Beggar\u2019s Paradise&#8221; and Best in Health reporting with the story &#8220;<span>Wealth for health&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Whoever killed journalist Ahmed Suale, does not deserve to live, the Chairman of the National Media Commission, Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh has said.<\/h2>\n<p>Addressing the\u00a026th GJA Awards ceremony in Accra on Saturday night on the theme, &#8220;Walking the path towards Ghana&#8217;s economic recovery; the role of the media,&#8221; Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh said it was worrying that the case of Suale has not been solved as of now.<\/p>\n<p>He also recalled the murder of Samuel Ennin in 2007, who was the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the GJA, which has also not been resolved as of now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Portia Gabor of TV3 won the GJA\/PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Award winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News Reporting (Print)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"inread\" align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mdundo.com\/widget_song\/2107957\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"125\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/uT5R4nnA_o.png\" alt=\"Get New DJ Mixes\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Maclean Kwofi (Daily Graphic) \u2013 Covid-19 Protocol missing at Kotoka International Airport<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News Reporting (Television)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Portia Gabor (TV3) &#8211;\u00a0 Beggar\u2019s Paradise<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News Reporting (Radio)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Ridwan K. Osman (EIB Network) &#8211;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News Reporting (Online)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Emmanuel Bonney (Graphic Online) \u2013\u00a0 Invasion of street beggars in Accra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features (Print)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Kester Aburam Korankye (Daily Graphic) \u2013 Attaining Efficient transport system, has the BRT collapse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features (TV)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Peggy Ama Donkor (GTV) &#8211; Highway Robbery in the far east of the Bono East Region<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features (Radio)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Mavis Ofei Akyeampong \u2013\u00a0 Frontline workers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Features (Online)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Albert Oppong Mensah (GNA)\u00a0 \u2013 COP26: Why Ghana\u2019s still voice\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Documentary (TV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0Solomon Joojo Cobinna (Joy News) \u2013 Searching for the witch hunters<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best in Democracy Reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Seth J. Bokpe (Fourth Estate) \u2013\u00a0 Testing the RTI Law<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Juliet Bawuah (TV3) &#8211; Rugby at the beach<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Joseph Armstrong Alorgney (TV3) &#8211; Contractor fails to hand over school block to<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Investigative Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Francisca Enchill (Joy Prime \/ Freelance ) &#8211; Pay or die: Agony of pregnant women in hospitals<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photo Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Geoffrey Buta (Ghanaian Times) \u2013 Five-hour downpour destruction<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business and Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Daryl Kwawu (Joy News) &#8211; The unemployment challenge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Environment and Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Godwin Asediba (GHOne TV) &#8211; Sanitation crisis in public toilets<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Portia Gabor (TV3) &#8211; Wealth for health<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Richard Kwadwo Nyarko (Joy News) &#8211; When the last fish is caught<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gender<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Benedicta A. Gyimah (Ghanaian Times) &#8211; Cost of pesticides<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Samuel Amoh (Adom TV) &#8211; Rejected over elephantiasis &#8211; the story of Aziz Entsie<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Beatrice Senaju (GBC) &#8211; Bomfobiri wildlife sanctuary, beauty in the wild<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Road safety<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Kester Aburam Korankye (Daily Graphic) &#8211; Indiscipline unabated, motorway without rules<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best TV\/Radio Programme in Akan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best TV\/Radio Programme in Ga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best TV Programme in English<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Newsfile (Joy News\/Joy FM)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Award by GJA President<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>James Nortey (GJA Staff at the Ghana International Press Centre)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Female Journalist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Francisca Enchill (Joy Prime \/ Freelance)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Emmanuel Koranteng (Joy News)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GJA\/PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgbcghana%2Fvideos%2F1291882364891898%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>more to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Writer&#8217;s email:<span>\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"cloakbf36004aa1845f778c9681561d7b7eef\">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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Portia Gabor warded off competition from Kester Aburam Korankye of the Daily Graphic and Francis Enchill of Joy Prime and freelancer. 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