Francisca Kakra Forson (born 21 March 1987) is a leading [Ghanaian] female journalist with about 17 years experience, practising across major news media in Ghana including The Midday News on Joyfm and Joynews Tv [Multimedia Group] and Metro Tv and also on the international front. Francisca anchored news bulletins on radio and television on the joynews platform including the midday news on radio and JoynewsToday on Tv. She also contributed to articles ["Frankly Francisca"] on myjoyonline.com.
Francisca Kakra Forson | |
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| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 17 |
| Website | https:/YouTube.com/user/kayotekay |
Kakra while at Metro Tv hosted major news and current affairs shows "Good Afternoon Ghana", "Inside Pages" and "The Verdict"(centered on the 2020 election petition at the Supreme Court). She also managed the Metro newsroom as ag. news editor.
Ms Forson has since 2015 worked as an international freelance journalist for West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) in Dakar, VOAnews (radio & Tv) and TRT World (Turkey).
She branched into public relations working as a communications contractor for the Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER). Francisca also worked with the Chamber for Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) as Corporate Affairs manager. She is a lead communications strategist with Platinum PR.
Francisca obtained her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Communications from the University of Ghana, Legon. She is also a past student of Holy Child School, CapeCoast.
Career
editShe has worked with notable media organizations like Joy FM , BBC, VOA & Metro TV.[2]
In May 2017, she was named alongside Ameyaw Debrah, Manifest, Gary Al-Smith and MzVee as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF[3]) influencers for Ghana's Equality Campaign, "Let's Be Fair[4] which threw light on the plight of about 3,600,000 million people lacking basic opportunities across the country.
Awards
editNominations
editShe was nominated for the 2021 RTP Awards.[5]
References
edit- ^ "I have a confident and sexy voice -Says Francisca Kakra Forson". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ "Metro TV appoints Francisca Kakra Forson as News Editor". GhanaWeb. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ "UNICEF". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ "UNICEF introduces 'Let's Be Fair, Ghana' campaign". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ Asamoah, Aba (2021-08-31). "Nominees for 2021 RTP awards unveiled". The Ghana Report. Retrieved 2022-10-29.