Jefferson Sackey

Jefferson Kwamina Sackey
Jefferson Kwamina Sackey
Born	Jefferson Sackey; 9 September 1978; Accra Ghana
Occupation	Journalist, presenter, newsreader, Media Consultant, Film Maker, and PR Strategist.
Years active	2003–present

Jefferson Kwamina Sackey (born 9 September 1978) is a multiple award-winning Ghanaian journalist, Media Consultant, Film Maker, and PR Strategist. He is known for his quality presentation skills and command of international issues. Sackey has continued to serve his nation in the area of journalism and still remains among the top Journalist in the country. He is a philanthropist and has elevated the lives of many youths towards achieving their dreams. His contributions towards nation building genuinely has been replicated by others in the country.

Early life and career

Sackey was born at Senya Beraku in the Awutu Senya District of Ghana but moved to Accra at a very tender age with his parents. He attended the Riis Memorial School for his Elementary and Junior High School Education. Jefferson's media talent was uncovered at a very tender age of 9, where he was featured on the popular kids programmes ‘Childrens Own’ and ‘By the Fire Side’ on Ghana Television. While in Secondary school, he hosted the Teenage magazine programme, ‘Teen Beat’ in the late nineties. In 1994, he continued his high school education at one of Ghana's prestigious high schools, Accra High School. He later got enrolled at the Ghana Institute of Journalism where he offered Journalism and the Deutsche Welle TV Training Institute in Berlin, Germany.

JOURNEY

Sackey started Journalism in 2005 with Television Africa as a lead News Anchor. He later hosted his own global affairs show "JS International Assignment" which later became "Jefferson Sackey Reports", a first-class news documentary production going beyond the headlines to tell stories in-depth and from many points of view. The show which started on TV Africa got syndicated on Joy News, Ghana and other global news channels including Afroglobal Television in Canada.

EXPERIENCES He served as the Public Relations Officer for Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007 working closely with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, then the Foreign Minister under the JA Kufuor administration. During the 2007 NPP Primaries, Jefferson released the documentary, "Pushing the Ghanaian and African Agenda" a feature that highlights the diplomatic and international strength of the then-candidate Nana Akuffo-Addo. Jefferson has also worked and reported for global news firms such as CNN International as a contributor of "World View" and Deutsche Welle Television as West African Correspondent and contributor of its international affairs programme "Quadriga".

MEDIA His previous media career can be traced to Multimedia Group as a News Anchor for the “Midday News”. He also assisted the News editor until his relocation to Canada in 2015 and got appointed as the Vice President of Afroglobal Television in Canada. He has also worked for CNN International and contributed to the “World View” and Deutsche Welle Television as West African Correspondent.

Media coverage

The Ivorian political crisis, Abidjan 2011� Earthquake in Haiti, Paut au Prince, February 2010 Inauguration of President Obama, Washington DC, 2009 The Charles Taylor trial, ICC, the Hague, 2008� The Sudanese crises, Darfur, 2007� Israeli Lebanese conflict, Beirut. 2006� Terrorist attacks in London, 2005, UK� Famine in Niger and Somalia. 2004 and 2011 The Liberian crises, 2003

Conferences

UN General Assembly, UN Headquarters, New York City. 2006, 2007and 2010
Africa Union Summits, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010�
Non Aligned Movement Summits, Havana, Cuba, 2006
Non Aligned Movement Summits, Tehran, Iran. 2007
China – Africa Forum, Beijing, China. 2007
Africa – South America Summit, Abuja, Nigeria. 2006
German – Africa Summit, Berlin, Germany. 2007�
G8 Summits, Scotland and Germany. 2005 and 2007

Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Radio and Television Personality Awards	Best Correspondent of the Year	Won
2015	African Entertainment Awards	The Media Excellence Award	Won
2015	Planet Africa Media Award	The Volunteer Award	Won
2015–2016	Massey	College Gordon N Fisher/JHR Fellowship Awards	Nominated
2014	Honorary Doctorate Award	Day Spring Christian University, USA	Won

References

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