In Ghana, published figures put pay for a journalist at GHS 500–GHS 1,000 a month.
Published rates
GHS 500–GHS 1,000 a month
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What the published rates say
Month
47% of respondents earn at most GH¢1,000 a monthSurvey
GHS 1,000
Up to 70% outside Greater Accra and Ashanti earn no more than GH¢1,000 (26% inside)Survey
GHS 1,000
About half of those (roughly a quarter of all) earn no more than GH¢500Survey
GHS 500
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nearly half of the respondents (47 per cent) earning monthly incomes of, at most, GH¢1,000DocumentState of the Ghanaian Media report 2023: journalists’ monthly income · Survey StatusIn force
Printed
Nearly half of that number (of respondents), the report said, “actually earn no more than GH¢500 monthly”DocumentState of the Ghanaian Media report 2023: journalists’ monthly income · Survey StatusIn force
Printed
Up to 70 per cent of respondents ... working in the other regions earn no more than 1,000DocumentState of the Ghanaian Media report 2023: journalists’ monthly income · Survey StatusIn force
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In Ghana, published figures put pay for a journalist at GHS 500–GHS 1,000 a month.
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