NewzJournalists from Luv FM, a subsidiary of the Multimedia Group Limited, have won multiple awards at the 2025 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Ashanti Regional Media Excellence Awards. Four journalists from the Kumasi-based station received honours across several categories, with Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe taking the night’s top prize as Ashanti Regional Journalist of the Year. Mr Quaicoe also won Best Feature Production, Best Agriculture Reporter, and placed second in Best Entertainment Journalism.
Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe Clinton Yeboah secured first place in both Best Health Journalism and Best Business and Economy Journalism. Clinton Yeboah Nana Boakye Dankwah Yiadom won first place in Best Community Impact Journalism, placed second in Best Health Journalism and finished third in Best Environment, Science and Climate Journalism. Nana Boakye Dankwah Yiadom Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen also swept awards, including Best Science, Climate and Environment Reporter, and placed third in the Best Feature Production Category The awards recognise journalistic work across different beats, including health, business, entertainment, environmental reporting and community impact.
Mr Quaicoe’s overall regional award, alongside the category wins secured by his colleagues, highlights the range of reporting represented by the Luv FM team. The GJA Ashanti Regional Media Excellence Awards celebrate journalists whose work contributes to public understanding of issues affecting communities across the region. Luv FM, based in Kumasi, is part of the Multimedia Group’s network of radio and television stations in Ghana.
The regional winners are expected to feature in the broader national awards calendar, although their participation and final standings at the national level will depend on the applicable GJA arrangements. Luv FM journalist, Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe, has been crowned the 2025 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Ashanti Regional Journalist of the Year, the highest individual honour at the regional media excellence awards. His award was announced at the GJA Ashanti Media Excellence Awards, which recognises outstanding journalistic work across the region.
Mr Quaicoe secured three additional honours on the night, winning Best Feature Production, Best in Agriculture reporting and placing second in Best Entertainment Journalism. The three awards recognise his work across different areas of journalism, including feature production and entertainment reporting. His story titled “Broken Chain: Delayed rains, poor sales discouraging Ejura maize farmers from planting next season” won the agriculture category while a story he published on “Illicit flows bleed Ghana dry: How billions lost are crippling science education and local research” won the Best Feature Production category.
A story acknowledging the unique hairstyle of Asantehemaa’s maidens, “Braids of Loyalty: Asantehemaa’s maidens honour her legacy with unique hairstyle,” secured second in the Entertainment category. The 2025 Ashanti GJA Media Excellence Awards was held under the theme, “Celebrating Excellence, Championing Credibility: Journalism in the Age of AI,” which highlights the importance of professional standards, credibility, and ethical reporting amid the growing influence of artificial intelligence in news production and distribution. The Journalist of the Year title places Mr Quaicoe among the region’s recognised media practitioners, while his category awards acknowledge his work in specific areas of reporting.
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