Saddick Adams
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| Born | Saddick Baba Adams |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Other names | Sports Obama |
| Education | Asanteman Senior High School; Sunyani Technical University |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Awards | GJA award for sports Journalism, 2018 |
Saddick Adams, also known as Sports Obama, is a Ghanaian sports journalist and winner of the GJA awards in 2018 for his work in sports journalism.[1][2]
Education
He started his basic education at Adrobaa Roman Catholic school around Duayaw Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region. He moved to Kumasi at age nine to continue his basic education from St. Peters Basic, Bantama M/A school and finally completed his basic education at Islamic Educational Complex in Kumasi. He then attended Asanteman Senior High School and had his tertiary education at Sunyani Technical University.[1] When he was on campus, he goes to the stadium when there is a game at hand and reports what happens on the field to his colleagues.[2]
Career
He started his early career in sport journalism as an intern at Radio Parrot which was a campus base radio station at Sunyani Technical University. He was in 2018 upgraded to the Head of Sports at Atinka FM.[3] He was appointed manager of Angel TV in Accra where he doubles as a presenter. He has also written for several sports platforms including Ghana Sports Newspaper, Ghanasportsonline.com and the BBC, SuperSport, BeIN Sport and China Global Television Network (CGTN) covering the West Africa sports sub-region.[4][2]
His pseudonym was given to him by his audience in Sunyani who saw the changes he was bringing into the field of sports journalism as at the time when Barack Obama was campaigning for change earned him the name Sports Obama.
He is a specialist when it comes to football in Africa.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Awards
He won the 2018 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) sports journalist Awards of the year.[12]
References
- ^ a b Junior, Opare Philip Israel (2019-04-10). "SADDICK ADAMS ' THE SPORTS OBAMA ' AN EPITOME OF BRILLIANCE". Medium. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ a b c "TALKING DRUM: Saddick Adams 'Obama'- From High School Sports reporter to National Best Sports Journalist". 3news. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Sports journalist, Saddick Adams attacked in his home". www.ghanaweb.com. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ^ El Akyereko (2018-10-28). "Former Ghanasportsonline.com writer Saddick Adams wins 2018 Sports Journalist of the year". Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ^ "Ghana FA to appoint Saddick Adams Obama as deputy communications director". Footballghana. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Sports Journalist Saddick Adams 'Obama' joins ABN". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "GFA To Name Saddick Adams Obama As Deputy Communications Officer". Bryt FM. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ Marshment, James (2020-04-28). "Transfer expert lets slip big Man Utd news about Thomas". teamtalk.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Save our data: High data prices make Ghanaians bore 'kyakaaa'". BBC News Pidgin. 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Saddick Adams to get GFA communications job". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Sports journalist, Saddick Adams attacked in his home". www.ghanaweb.com. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ Effah, K. (2019-09-02). "Saddick Adams 'Obama' leaves Atinka for Angel FM/TV". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 2020-07-07.