a pioneer of broadcasters at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), and Gloria Addison, onetime runner up of Miss Ghana, both showbiz personalities and entertainers. Besides, I had a skill in public speaking, something I had developed during my days as entertainment prefect. To crown it all. I had always admired Christiana Amanpour, a CNN news anchor, and wanted to be like her. In 1994, I enrolled at Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), and I obtained an Associate’s degree in Journalism. While I didn’t do a lot of entertainment activities at GIJ, I still made myself available at all the dances, and was still my bubbly self. And then, I entered the Miss GIJ beauty contest in 1994 and won. The interesting thing about GIJ was the mix of both seasoned journalists and freshers like me. Seasoned journalists, in the sense that they had been practicing for years but were at the institute for a more formal training and for their certificates. In this way, a wealth of knowledge was passed from the more mature journalists to the freshers. I was in class with people like Karl Tuffour, a seasoned sports journalist. I really enjoyed the work at GIJ; I enjoyed my assignments too. Besides, I had a skill in public speaking, something I had developed during my days as entertainment prefect. To crown it all. I had always admired Christiana Amanpour, a CNN news anchor, and wanted to be like her. “ 21 The Birthday Journal
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