Fresh from winning the prestigious 2025 BBC Komla Dumor Award, Ghanaian investigative journalist Godwin Asediba has once again placed Ghanaian journalism in the global spotlight after being shortlisted among the final three for the 2025 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the Year Award.
The award, organised in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association (FPA), celebrates the world’s most outstanding young journalists under the age of 30 working in developing economies.
This year, from 681 stories submitted by 227 journalists across 60 countries, three finalists were selected for their rigour, courage, and impact.
Asediba earned his place in the finals for his powerful investigative report, “Troubled Morgue,” a story that peeled back the curtain on Ghana’s mortuaries, exposing the harrowing and dehumanizing conditions endured by mortuary workers, people who serve behind the scenes of life and death. The report sparked national debate and amplified calls for long-overdue reforms within the country’s public health and sanitation systems.
Finalists are invited to London in November 2025 for a week of newsroom visits and to attend the Foreign Press Association Media Awards, where the overall winner will be announced.
Speaking on his latest international recognition, Asediba said: “This honour reaffirms the power of journalism to provoke reflection, compassion, and change. Troubled Morgue was never just a story, it was a voice for those society had chosen not to see. Being recognised on a global platform like this motivates me to keep shining a light where it’s often darkest.”
This latest achievement comes just months after Asediba made history as the first Ghanaian winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, and weeks after being named the 2025 BBC Komla Dumor Award recipient, a distinction that celebrates exceptional African journalists telling impactful stories with integrity and heart.
At Media General, where Asediba continues to shape compelling narratives, his rise reflects the organisation’s growing reputation for producing world-class journalism that competes and appeal on the global stage.
Known for his fearless investigations into issues of public interest, from child labour and education inequality to human trafficking and healthcare failures, Asediba’s storytelling is defined by empathy, depth, and purpose.
His work continues to affirm that journalism is not merely about informing the public but transforming lives. With his consistent global recognition, Godwin Asediba stands as a symbol of a new generation of African journalists, bold, uncompromising, and determined to tell stories that move the world.
“The truth matters. And I’ll keep telling it one story at a time,” he says.
