Eric Kombat, Northern Regional Correspondent, Daily Guide
Northern Regional Correspondent for Ghana’s biggest and best selling private newspaper, Daily Guide, Eric Kombat, has been adjudged the best journalist of the year.
The highly competitive and contested awards organised by Hyper Media Awards saw media personalities such as the Northern Regional correspondents for TV3, Zubaida Ismail; Albert Soore of Joy News; Sam Sam of Business and Financial Times; Nankwe Hassan of Modernghana.com and Ananpansah Abraham of Ghanaweb.
The awards took place at the Radach Hotel in Tamale in the Northern Region on Saturday, December 15, 2018.
Addressing the media after the event, Mr. Arnold Mashud, CEO of Hyper Media Awards, said the award scheme was put together to improve and strengthen quality reportage across the country.
“We put together the awards scheme to promote healthy reportage in and across the country while promoting professionalism in the media space,” he stated.
According to him, the award scheme seeks to boost investor confidence in the country, recognise and reward hard-working media organisations and individuals.