To Make a Mark: a qualitative study of female journalist’s working conditions in Ghana

This is a qualitative study based on fieldwork carried out in Accra, Ghana April 3 À“ May 29, 2010. The aim was to shed light on how a selected number of female Ghanaian journalists experience their working conditions from a gender based perspective. The material consists of eight semi-structured interviews ranging from 20 minutes to 1 hour 12 minutes. The interviewees are female, Ghanaian journalists between 23 and 46 years old working in print or broadcast media in Ghana. The interviews were analyzed thematically resulting in seven sub-headings, all relating to my research questions, which were:

– Is being a female journalist in Ghana today in any way a disadvantage/advantage?

– How do female journalists in Ghana experience their opportunities to advance and be promoted?

– Do female journalists in Ghana experience any differences between them and their male colleagues? Do they report on different kinds of subjects?

Publisher: Stockholm University
Year of Publication: 2010