Award-winning journalist Albert Sore says the ‘A Dam of Promises’ documentary which highlighted the stall of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam project is the most challenging task he has ever undertaken in journalism career.
Speaking in an interview on State of Our Nation, the GJA Upper East Journalist of the Year said he faced many setbacks and worked overtime producing the award-winning documentary.
He indicated that not only were the communities that are directly affected by the project inaccessible, making his journeys there tedious but their members who are typically rural folks were hesitant in opening up to the media.
This made his task even more difficult as he had to engage third parties who had familiar ties with the communities to get them speak to him.
Aside from these, Albert Sore said some experts whose opinions were crucial in the reportage also declined speaking on record due to the political nature of the project.
The challenges he encountered and the tedious nature of the task ultimately took a heavy toll on his health, he disclosed.
“I would say that Dam of Promises to this point is the most challenging work that I have done in journalism because I remember I fell very ill shortly after the documentary,” he stated.
He said his health condition got him and his family alarmed as he had for a long time not experienced such severe illness.
“I got very ill and my family had to run helter-skelter. I don’t remember the last time I even got sick to the point where I was even alarmed myself. But on this occasion, it was so serious that everybody in the family was concerned about me”.
