Israel Laryea is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist, news editor and anchor and programme host with Multimedia Group Ltd (JoyNews Television).

Personal life

Israel is married to Louisa and they have three (3) children.

Education

Israel attended Osu Presbyterian Preparatory School (OPPS) in Osu. He then had his GCE 'O' Level certificate from

Okuapeman School Okuapeman School is a coeducational first-cycle institution in Akropong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. History The school was established in 1957 by barrister Charles Opoku Acheampong, who had been a pupil in the chambers of Edward Akufo-Addo. ...

before undertaking the sixth form at

Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Non-denominational Christianity, non-denominational Day School, day and Boarding School, boarding Single-sex education, boys' school. It is located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region. The school was establishe ...

. He later attended the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where he attained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.

Career

Israel begun working in the broadcasting space with

TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to: Television *Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso *Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala *Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EPTV ...

in 1999. After working with

for sometime, he moved on to

Multimedia Group Limited The Multimedia Group is a media group in Ghana. It was established in 1995 and has six radio stations, six news websites and a satellite television network. The group has won several local and international awards for its leadership in informat ...

working with the late

Komla Dumor Komla Afeke Dumor (3 October 1972 – 18 January 2014) was a Ghanaian journalist who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme ''Focus on Africa''. Early life and education Dumor was born in Accra, Ghana. His fath ...

. For a period, Israel worked for both

and

, before finally moving back to

. Israel, along with Professor Ivan Addae Mensah moderated the 2008 Presidential Debate II between the

NPP NPP may refer to: Politics * National People's Power, Sri Lanka *National Patriotic Party, Liberia * National People's Party (The Gambia) *National People's Party (India), a political party in India founded by PA Sangma *National Peoples Party ( ...

, NDC, CPP and PNC. The 13th CNN Multichoice African Journalists Awards in 2008, nominated Israel Laryea (Joy FM) and Daniel Nkrumah (Daily Graphic) as finalists, among 21 other African journalists. The awards ceremony was held in Ghana in July 2008. He participated in the CNN Journalism Fellowship at the CNN Centre in Atlanta,

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. Due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, anchored the news from home, in a bid to encourage working from home.

References

Living people Ghanaian journalists Alumni of the Accra Academy Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni 1974 births {{Ghana-bio-stub