Graphic honours nonagenarian former Editor
Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) has honoured Mr Isaac Eshun, a former Editor, Board Chairman and acting General Manager of the company, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
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The company presented him with a cheque for GH¢1000 and a citation last Saturday at a special thanksgiving service and birthday party at his residence along the Spintex Road in Accra.
The event was attended by the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur.
The Public Affairs Manager Director of GCGL, Mr Albert Sam, who made the presentation on behalf of the management and staff of the company, said Graphic acknowledged Mr Eshun’s efforts and contribution to the growth of the company.
He said Mr Eshun would always be remembered and appreciated for his efforts.
Profile
Mr Eshun was born on January 10, 1924 and had his elementary education at the Tarkwa Methodist School.
He followed his dream of becoming a teacher and subsequently enrolled at the then Wesley College, Kumasi, where he successfully graduated as a teacher in 1946.
After teaching for two years, Mr Eshun joined the Ashanti Pioneer newspaper to learn on the job as a journalist.
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He later travelled to Belfast in Northern Ireland for further studies.
His life in Graphic
Mr Eshun joined the Graphic Corporation in 1951 as a Night Editor and rose through the ranks to become the Editor of the Daily Graphic.
He resigned when he insisted on exercising his journalistic judgement over a publication of a photograph against the preference of the then political establishment in 1964.
He joined the Pioneer Tobacco Company after leaving Graphic.
Years later, he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the GCGL and acting General Manager of the company, a position now designated as Managing Director.
Message to journalists
In an interview, Mr Eshun called on journalists to stick to the principles of the profession and avoid combining facts with comments in their reports.
He said facts were sacred and, therefore, needed to be presented as they were.
“I see this a lot in the media and it makes me feel very sorry, especially because it is a wrong being committed by today’s journalists who have benefited from formal training at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and are, therefore, supposed to be better qualified to perform than the journalists of my generation,” he added.