The Best Journalist of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Ms Doreen Hammond has revealed that many Ghanaian journalist are drifting from their course due to their dependency on ‘soli’.

‘Soli’ in Ghanaian journalism practice is an amount of money paid to a journalist after he or she covers an event for publication for their respective media organizations. Some have justified it as a form of transportation fare for the journalist from the event centre back to their media houses.

"Soli is something you take to influence. I don’t take soli," she revealed speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday.

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"Soli is not right to the extent that it influences you. Taking money to drop a story is unacceptable. Soli is wrong if it will influence you from the right thing or lose credibility".

With lots of media houses reliant on payment before dropping a story, the columnist of the Daily Graphic and a multiple GJA awards winner spoke that it undermines the credibility of reporters and outweighs their intelligence.

Ms. Hammond is the editor of the Junior Graphic and she has won multiple awards including Best report for health (print) 2017, best report for education (print) 2015, best feature writer (print) 2011, and best female writer (print) 2010.