Vanessa Gyan
Media personality, Vanessa Gyan, has described working in Ghana’s media scene as toxic and commended colleagues who have been speaking the truth about their bad experiences in the media space.
In a tweet on Thursday, she mentioned poor salaries, sabotage and hating as the bane of Ghana’s media industry.
Speaking up about bad the experiences, she suggested, will go a long way to shape the industry for a better future.
“It’s interesting seeing people opening up about their experience working in Ghanaian media. I’m happy. Speak your truth. No pay, sabotage, hating, straight up toxic,” she tweeted.
“So many TALENTED people are stepping back from the media space because of how toxic it is. Sad but that’s the reality.
“I remember when I first spoke my truth, folks thought, ‘Oh, you must be exaggerating’…Now look at how many people are echoing my exact truth,” she added.
“When I shot episodes of Sincerely, Vee while PREGGO only for all the footage to ‘disappear’ and then be told I never shot anything. Thank God for the pictures I took while filming.
That space is TOXIC and like I said, I’m glad folks are speaking up…
“When I spoke about my interview with Toke Makinwa and the stress I went through being told no cars or cameras were available only to find out ALL the cameras were available and the drivers were parked…Ya’ll thought, I was just talking out of my…” she disclosed.
Vanessa Gyan, who is thBy Francis Addoe daughter of the late Kiki Gyan of the famed group Osibisa, studied Television & Radio Communications and Public Relations from Brooklyn College.
She debuted her media career in Ghana with Global Media Alliance where she worked as a TV presenter/producer at eTV Ghana.
At eTV Ghana, she started the female empowerment show, Sincerely Vee. She has also worked as a radio personality at YFM.
She moved to work with EIB Network from 2016 and hosted programmes like The Juice and Trace Radio on Live FM.
In 2016, Vanessa Gyan represented the EIB Network at the BET Awards. At the event, she interviewed the likes of Eric Benet, Angie Martinez, Karrueche, Busta Rhymes, amongst others. However, she says she can’t keep quiet about her bad experiences.
By Francis Addo