A report on Penplusbytes’ baseline study of the print media on the quality and quantity of oil and gas stories reporting for the first quarter of 2013 has been successfully completed. The study made a content analysis of oil and gas coverage by two state-owned and one private newspaper; Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times and Daily Guide respectively.The purpose of this study was to establish the adequacy or paucity of content, the style as well as the nature of reporting and writing and to assess…See More

Beginning next quarter, Penplusbytes will be executing the third phase of its extensive media capacity building programme for suitably qualified journalists interested in oil and gas reporting from Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania with support from the Revenue Watch Institute as part of the “Strengthening media oversight on the extractive sectors” project.This project comes against the backdrop that in many resource-rich countries, journalists often lack the necessary knowledge and skill in…See More

The Founder of UNESCO-ranked centre of excellence in media studies in Africa, the African University College of Communications (AUCC) Mr. Kojo Yankah, has won the Public Relations Practitioner of the year 2012 Award at the Excellence Awards and Presidential Ball organized by the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana. The programme, organized on 5th April 2013 was held at the State Banquet Hall in Accra on the theme “IPR at 40: Consolidating the image of Ghana as  a peaceful and democratic…See More

Penplusbytes, on Friday 5th April joined members of the Ghana Chapter of Internet Society (ISOC)for a social evening event at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Guest House in Accra with the theme “Maintaining the openness of the internet: WCIT and beyond”.In December last year, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) convened the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The purpose of this conference was to…See More

International Institute of ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes) has commissioned a baseline survey to assess the current status of oil and gas reporting in the Ghanaian media, which will serve as a basis for developing a media guide on reporting oil and gas and also a comprehensive training programme for Ghanaian journalists.The objective of this study is  to establish both the quality and quantity of oil and gas reporting presently, to assess the knowledge base of ten pre-selected journalists and to…See More

The USAID and Humanity United has launched the second round of the Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention, a technology competition in support of the White House strategy for preventing mass atrocities - that is, large-scale, deliberate attacks against civilians. The goal of the Challenge is to engage the broader technologist, engineering, scientific and maker communities on the issue of how best to prevent and respond to…See More