Vice president of Ghana journalist Association,Linda Asante Adjei has call on the general public and the various security Agencies in Ghana to view the work of photo journalists as crucial in news gathering and reportage in the media space.
According toLinda Asante Adjei, media reports cannot be complete without photos attached to the stories to be churned out to the reading public hence the need for all to give them their deserved recognition.
Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of the executives of the Ghana photojournalist Network(GPNET) under the theme: the role of photojournalist in Ghana development Agenda,Linda Asante Adjei also charged the various security agencies to give photojournalist the recognition as media professionals in the discharge of their duties as journalists.
“Imagine a newspaper, magazine billboards online articles without photos, it will not be appealling to readers she said adding that pictures tells stories on its own she noted.
Linda Asante Adjei taken cognisance of the vital role of photojournalism urged the network to be ethical and professional in order to bring meaning behind the image.
President of Ghana photojournalist network(GPNET),David Andoh in an interaction with starrfm.com.gh noted that Ghana photojournalists have a lot to offer with regards to our culture and history.
He said Ghana cultural diversity is quite vas compared to our counterpart in other countries where they have just few to report on as photojournalist.
Challenging media houses to give premium to photojournalists with training in their media organizations, David Andoh larments that refusal to do same may deminish photojournalism profession int he country.
The Network numerical strength is about fourty at the time of the inauguration while the GPNET is affiliated to the Ghana journalists Association.