A Communication specialist and director of the Centre for Development Communication (CEDCOM),Mr Ibrahim Gariba, has cautioned media practitioners and FM stations in the Tamale metropolis to avoid creating unnecessary tension in the metropolis.
Instead, he said, they should unite residents to promote the development of the area.
“Media practitioners and FM stations must avoid focusing on religious, ethnic and chieftaincy issues to the detriment of promoting the development agenda of the metropolis,” he stressed.
Mr Gariba, who was speaking to the Daily Graphic in Tamale, noted that journalism in Ghana had since independence gone through different periods, adding that “we focus on the practice of development journalism in the era in which we are now ”.
He, however, singled out some journalists in the metropolis, who he said, had exhibited a lot of professionalism over the years, and advised the up and coming ones to emulate the more experienced practitioners.
The director further urged the practitioners to uphold the ethics of the profession and be circumspect when reporting on security matters to sustain the prevailing peace in the metropolis.
“A journalist is not a politician or corporate communications practitioner or a spokesperson for profit-making entities: In effect, some journalists have gleefully and shamelessly entered the pockets of corporate Ghana,” Mr Garb indicated.
He also urged media practitioners “to be responsible towards the ordinary citizen who has his or her own power and rights in the society”.
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