Tamale, June 30, GNA – Mr Solomon Gumah, a Stringer at the Tamale office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been selected for the 2026 Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) Storytelling Fellowship on Environmental Journalism.
The six month-long fellowship, organised by the CJID in partnership with the UNESCO Global Media Defence Fund (GMDF), seeks to strengthen investigative reporting on violence against environmental journalists across West Africa.
Mr Gumah is amongst a group of journalists from Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia selected for the fellowship.
As part of the fellowship, he will join other selected fellows in Accra from July 27 to July 29, 2026, for a three-day training to meant to enhance the group’s investigative reporting, storytelling and environmental journalism skills through mentorship, editorial support and practical learning.
The fellowship, which runs from July to December 2026, in Accra, will equip participants with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to investigate and document cases of violence against environmental journalists, while promoting press freedom, accountability and the safety of media practitioners.
The Fellows will receive editorial support to produce and publish investigative and human-interest stories that meet international standards and raise awareness of the challenges confronting environmental journalists in the West African sub-region.
The CJID is a leading West African media development organisation dedicated to advancing investigative journalism, media innovation, journalist safety, human rights, democratic governance and accountability.
Through its programmes, the organisation provides journalists and media practitioners with the skills, resources and opportunities needed to strengthen public-interest journalism and contribute to sustainable development across Africa.
GNA
Edited by Eric K Amoh/Benjamin Mensah