{"id":2481,"date":"2023-05-05T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/?post_type=rq_author&#038;p=2481"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:18:41","slug":"delali-adogla-bessa","status":"publish","type":"rq_author","link":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/author\/delali-adogla-bessa\/","title":{"rendered":"Delali Adogla-Bessa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delali_Adogla-Bessa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delali_Adogla-Bessa.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delali_Adogla-Bessa-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Delali_Adogla-Bessa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Delali Adogla-Bessa<\/strong> is a freelance journalist, researcher, and photographer based in Ghana. He has written on governance, health, education, the environment, the cocoa value chain and film, among others. Delali has produced work for The Continent, SWI Swissinfo, Africa is a Country, Equal Times and UNESCO.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His first paycheck:<\/strong> My first job after national service was as a journalist with the new media wing of Citi FM in Accra. As an entry level journalist in 2015, I made 1,000 cedis per month. 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