Ghana news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Ghana news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Ghana media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Ghana's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Ghana sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 3 news portals (Joy Online, GhanaWeb and Adomonline), 1 digital-native outlet (Pulse Ghana) and 1 daily newspaper (Graphic Online). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Ghana, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Ghana sits in West Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 2nd of the 15 countries in West Africa and 6th of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in West Africa with hubs of their own are Nigeria (5), Senegal (4), Côte d'Ivoire (4), Burkina Faso (4), Niger (4), Guinea (4), Gambia (4), Togo (4), Benin (4), Cape Verde (4), Mauritania (4), Mali (3), Sierra Leone (3) and Liberia (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Ghana's main news outlets?
Across Ghana's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Joy Online, GhanaWeb, Graphic Online, Pulse Ghana and Adomonline. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Joy Online (Myjoyonline) is a Ghanaian news website operated by the Multimedia Group, linked to the Joy FM radio brand. It offers English-language coverage of Ghanaian politics, business, sport, and entertainment. As part of a major broadcasting group, it is among the most popular online news destinations in Ghana.
GhanaWeb is one of Ghana's most visited online news and information portals. Publishing in English, it aggregates and produces coverage of Ghanaian politics, business, sport, and entertainment, along with extensive community and reference content. It serves a large domestic and diaspora audience.
Graphic Online is the digital platform of the Daily Graphic, one of Ghana's leading state-owned daily newspapers. It covers national politics, business, sport, and general news in English. Published by the Graphic Communications Group, it is among the country's most established and widely read news brands.
Pulse Ghana is a digital news and entertainment platform, part of the pan-African Pulse network. It covers Ghanaian news, sport, business, lifestyle and celebrity content aimed primarily at younger online audiences.
Adomonline is the online arm of Adom FM, part of Ghana's Multimedia Group. It publishes news, politics, business, sport and entertainment in English and Akan/Twi for domestic audiences.
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