SECTOR 4 4.10 Journalists and other media practitioners are organised in trade unions and/or professional associations. The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has a membership of about 1000 practitioners. There are stringent conditions for membership: journalists holding a diploma from recognised institutions need three years post qualification experience. Those with a master’s degree must have practiced for two years and senior secondary school graduates for five years. Other professional bodies are the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) or Women in Broadcasting (WIB). All fully employed journalists, except at management level, are unionised in the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union and the Public Services Workers Union. Their membership fees are automatically from their salaries. These unions focus on issues of working conditions and pay insufficient attention to policy advocacy work. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.5 (2008: 4.0; 2006: 4.7) Average score for sector 4: 2.9 (2008: n/a; 2006: n/a) OVERALL COUNTRY SCORE: 3.2 (2008: 3.0; 2006: 3.0) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GHANA 2011 55