Dominic Hlordzi is a multiple award-winning journalist
He is an Editor-In-Chief/Manager with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, (GBC).
He is currently the National Organising Secretary of the Ghana Journalists Association,(GJA).
Mr. Hlordzi is the Head of GBC’s Energy Desk which handles energy-related stories for radio, TV and online.
He is a former Parliamentary and Regional Correspondent.
With over two decades in the media, Mr. Hlordzi was adjudged BestRadioNews Journalist in Ghana for 2009, 2011 and 2012 by the Ghana Journalists Association.
He was also the BestRadioFeature Journalist in Ghana for 2016 at the 22nd Ghana Journalists Awards.
Apart from general reporting,Mr. Hlordzi has specialized in writing in areas such as Governance, Extractives, Energy, Agriculture, Maritime and the Environment.
Mr. Hlordzi is a former Chairman of the Tema Regional Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association.
He is the Chairman of the Tema District Oversight Committee of the National Governing Council of the African Peer Review Mechanism, APRM.
Mr. Hlordzi is founding member of the Port Journalists Network(PJN)and Media Coalition Against Open Defecation (M-CODe).
Mr. Hlordzi is a product of University of Ghana, Legon, Africa University College of Communications, (AUCC) and the Institute of Commercial Management, (ICM) UK.
He participated in a number of key journalism fellowship training programmes in Ghana and abroad.
Notable among them are:
- UNESCO Internet for Trust (i4T)Conference,UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, February 2023.
- Maiden National Media Capacity Enhancement Programme Kumasi, Ghana, 2022
- Seminar for Senior Level Media Executives Of English Speaking African Countries, Beijing, China, May/June 2018
- Advance Course in Oil, Gas and Mining Industry Governance: “Reversing the Resource Curse” by the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, May, 2017.
- Stakeholders workshop on Peace building efforts, review of 2016 election and peace campaigns by the National Peace Council, Takoradi, 2017.
- Strengthening Media Awareness on Conflict Prevention Norms in West Africa: Sensitization Workshop on ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework for Radio Journalists in West Africa.-Abuja Nigeria, November 2016
- Anglophone Africa Regional Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub 2015 Summer School on Governance of Oil, Gas and Mining, Accra, Ghana, August 2015
- Data Journalism for the Parliamentary Press Corps by Penplusbytes, Ghana, 2015
- Data Journalism: “Drilling Down Through Data Driven” under the Project Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sector by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Accra, 2015
- Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sector by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (Revenue Watch Institute) with Technical support from the African Center for Media Excellency, Uganda and Penplusbytes, Ghana, (held in Kampala Uganda, 2014)
- Reporting on Port Related Matters and operations in the Maritime Sector by Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, 2013
- Effective Newsroom Management by the US Embassy and the Ghana Journalist Association led by Bill Ristow, 2012
- Polish Your Prose-Advance Writing Skills Training by Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy, 2011
- Election Reporting Course organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in collaboration with DW-Academie in Accra, 2008
- HIV/AIDS Reporting and Radio Editing Skills by the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization, ALCO Project, Accra, 2006
Some of his works have attracted wide public interest and engendered policy debates resulting in the implementation of programmes to address the challenges raised in the stories.