Della Russel Ocloo 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 Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

journalist, communications and media personality. Della is currently the reporter at Graphic Communications Limited in the Tema Municipality. She was also a convenor of a demonstration against the Nana Akufo-Addo's government named the 'FixTheCountry'.

Career in journalism

She is the

Tema Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most popul ...

regional reporter for the

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Assault

In August 2019, she was assaulted by some members of Glorious Wave International Church at

Sakumono Sakumono is a small town before Nungua from Ashaiman. It is in the Tema Metropolitan district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was originally a small fishing village on a lagoon, but by 2008 is being swallowed up as the twin c ...

for reporting on a protest that was conducted against Badu Kobi, the church's pastor. She was threatened during the coverage. The police was later called and she got arrested. She was asked to delete the images she took of the scene on the activities of the church.

Personal life

Della Russell is married.

Honours and awards

In June 2018, she won the 'Reporter of the Year' in the Ghana Shippers Awards that was organized by the

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government age ...

, the Globe Productions, Graphic Communications Group and the Ghana Shippers Authority.

References

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