UniMAC students explore news production process at Graphic Communications Group

By Jessica Dzifa Boye

Some first-year journalism students of the University of Media, Arts and Communication have visited Graphic Communications Group Limited in Accra to gain practical insight into how news is produced.

The visit, which took place on 26th March, 2026, was an extension of their studies in Introduction to Journalism, a course that first-year communication students widely take in their first semester of school.

In the Daily Graphic newsroom, where the tour started, the news gathering and selection process was explained to the students.

They assembled at the centre of the large space listening attentively to the facilitator, Head of the Gender and Health Desk, Rebecca Quaicoe-Duho.

She explained that after an editorial meeting in the morning, reporters are assigned to events and developments for coverage. The assignments, she explained, were usually deemed to be newsworthy.

On the final selection of news stories for eventual publication, she said it was not by default that all stories brought make the next day’s edition. The decision lies with the News Editor, she told the students.

“You can be at Graphic for a month and not get your stories published,” she stated.

The students were also introduced to the structure of the newsroom, which includes various editors such as the foreign editor, regional editors and feature editors, as well as reporters who work in the field to gather news.

Sub-editors and designers were also identified as key personnel responsible for refining stories, planning pages and ensuring accuracy before publication.

Later during the tour, the visiting students were introduced to other publications of the company, including The Mirror and Graphic Sports and were taken to other departments such as the radio studio and printing department to observe how final copies of newspapers are produced.

The visit rounded up with a tour of the press house where the printing is done. The kind of ink and papers used were shown to the students.

The intra-city trip provided the students with a deeper understanding of the processes involved in news production and highlighted the importance of teamwork and accuracy in journalism.

Speaking after the event, a member of the visiting delegation, Emefa described the tour as “a rare opportunity”.

She added that she got to “experience firsthand the realities of newsroom operations and the demands of professional journalism”.