The ''Daily Graphic'' is a
Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
state-owned daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
published in
Accra,
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
.
History
The paper was established along with the ''Sunday Mirror'' in 1950, by
Cecil King of the
London Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print ...
Group.
[Eribo, F., & W. Jong-Ebot, eds (1997). ''Press Freedom and Communication in Africa.'' Africa World Press. .] With a circulation of 100,000 copies, the ''Graphic'' is the most widely read daily newspaper in the country. One journalist in particular, Fredrick Botchway, so gifted in his work had excelled at the paper and was swiftly promoted to Chief Editor in the mid 1950s. The paper has seen many editors replaced over the course of its history, particularly post-independence, after a string of successive
military coups that resulted in the sacking editors who opposed the government policies.
[Anokwa, K. (1997). In Erbio & Jong-Ebot (1997), ''Press Freedom and Communication in Africa'', Africa World Press.] In 1979 the newspaper was renamed the ''People's Daily Graphic'' under
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...
for a few years to "remind the people that it belongs to them".
[
Being a state-owned paper, it regularly covers the government in a favourable light, detailing and encouraging national unity and government policy. In colonial Ghana under British rule, the paper, which was staffed by local Ghanaians, received large government funding from British banks, which led to its high circulation and raising awareness of events to ordinary Ghanaians, more so than Ghanaian-owned papers.][
The paper, owned by the Graphic Communications Group Limited,]Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
.
Ghana's other state-owned paper is the ''Ghanaian Times
The ''Ghanaian Times'' is a government-owned daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana. The newspaper was established in 1957. It has a circulation of 80,000 copies and is published six times per week.
History
The newspaper was formerly known as ...
''. Graphic Nsempa was discontinued and the company re-launched its News Websit
Graphic Online
in 2012 and it is currently among the top five news websites in the country according to Alexa.
See also
* Media of Ghana
* List of newspapers in Ghana
References
External links
Official site
Newspapers published in Ghana
Publications established in 1950
Mass media in Accra
1950 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
Ghanaian news websites
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