Tuesday morning, the 14 of us still standing, after some questionable pizza last night, lined up outside our house for a picture as if we were attending our first day of school all over again. I was incredibly nervous and had no idea what to expect at the first day of my internship at the Read More …
When I found out I was going to be interning at a newspaper in Ghana, initially I was nervous. As a public relations and Spanish major, I don’t have substantial experience working with the fifth estate. I was afraid that my employers would be disappointed in my lack of journalistic knowledge or that I would Read More …
I thought it would be nice to take you guys through a day in the life at Metro TV. Here are some of the sights and sounds I see and hear on a daily basis.
I had said goodbye to the server at the restaurant where I used to have my daily lunch. As I walked back to the office after lunch hour, I tried to attentively observe the streets, the restaurants on the way, the mothers carrying their babies tightly tied on their back, the distinct questioning honk of Read More …
I wasn’t expecting to get paid for my internship at Emerge Ghana Ltd. I had accepted this idea before I came to Ghana. I was only going to be there for a month, I wasn’t going to be working nearly as many hours as some of my coworkers, and the experience alone would surely make Read More …
Another intern and I were sent to the Wreath Laying Ceremony for Emancipation Day last Thursday, a celebration of African culture and freedom. The ceremony lasted for almost six hours and took place in three separate locations. The ceremony started at the W.E.B. DuBois Center. A symphony played music as everyone walked in. I was Read More …
The past few days at work have been quite eventful. On Wednesday afternoon I went to the Accra Sports Stadium to watch the home team, Accra Hearts of Oak, take on AshantiGold. This was the third match I have attended, but it was by far the most exciting. From kickoff it was physical and the Read More …
I, like most people, relish the end of a workday. However, I have an added incentive to clock out and make my way home. After taking the tro tro home the first day, I was elated to find out that Metro TV had company cars that drove workers home. This was truly a blessing, as Read More …
After my first story, Mr. Alimi said I was ready to go out in the field with one of the journalists and shadow him in the reporting process. That’s how I met Melvin. He has a thin layer of hair that he razors smooth every week. He wears black dress shoes that narrow to an Read More …
Thursday, July 14, 2016 At Innova DDB Ghana, I’ve been working with the creative team on the MTN account, one of their biggest clients. This global mobile telecommunications network has a data bundle known as IDD, where subscribers can call internationally while using their MTN phones in Ghana. For this account, they celebrate each of Read More …
Life as a StarrFM intern is nothing if not interesting! Every day is something completely new, but if I were to give a theme to this last week, it might be “Twitter-Famous.” The other day, several of my coworkers asked for my Twitter handle. I “followed back,” of course, and quickly learned that the social Read More …
Today marks the end of the second week of my internship at Citi FM. Although it has only been two weeks, it feels as though I have been there forever. It was not an easy start to the internship, but after the past few weeks I have become acclimated to the environment and feel like Read More …
I find it interesting the differences between American and Ghanaian sports outlets. The stories are produced in two completely different ways. Here, it is rare to come across features on players. Some Ghanaians cannot even name more than five players on their local teams. There have been extreme problems with violence in the stadiums where Read More …