Journalism education and ethnic journalism in Ghana: The case study of Ghana Institute of Journalism and University of Education, Winneba.

The growth of journalism education necessitates monitoring to provide updates on its development. Hence, debate in this field is how it can positively influence society. Ethnic journalism is one area journalism education is responding to. Studies on ethnic journalism training abound, yet there is a dearth of such studies in Ghana. The chapter attempts to address this gap. Using focus group discussions, document analysis and in-depth interviews, data are gathered to explore the integration of ethnic journalism training in the Ghanaian journalism curriculum. Thematic analysis revealed the curriculum had given some considerations to ethnic journalism. However, its modification is necessary to ensure ethnic journalism is taught as a full course that focuses on indigenous-language competence and principles and skills of news production in ethnic journalism.