To realize these objectives GJA organizes educational programmes, workshops, seminars and lectures on issues relevant to media development and growth.
In May 2021, the GJA, Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association and the Private Newspaper Printers Association of Ghana urged the National Security to apologize to the management of Citi FM and Citi TV due to the alleged assault and maltreatment of Caleb Kudah and the invasion of the media house.
The primary objective of this initiative is to promote the reporting of suspicious activities or information by individuals to journalists, with the aim of supporting the efforts of security agencies.
[5] The GJA Code of Ethics was adopted by the National Council of the Ghana Journalists Association at Sunyani on 27 July 1994.
The code is meant to ensure that members adhere to the highest ethical standards, professional competence and good behaviour in carrying out their duties.
A journalist should not originate material that encourages discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, colour, creed, gender or sexual orientation.
Any report or a write-up affecting the reputation of an individual or an organisation without a chance to reply is unfair and must be avoided by journalists.
Journalists should protect the rights of minors and in criminal and other cases secure the consent of parents or guardians before interviewing or photographing them.
In case of personal grief or distress, journalists should exercise tact and diplomacy in seeking information and publishing.