Narkwor won the Health And Medical category of the CNN African journalist of the Year 2016 for coverage of stories on Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
She was a finalist in the 2015 Mohammed Amin Africa Media
Awards, Best TV News Category for her story titled 'BUSH ALLOWANCE' and a
recipient of the 2014 Best TV feature story award at the Ghana Journalist
Awards ceremony my documentary titled: ‘BORN DIFFERENT’.
In 2013, Narkwor won the World Press Institute
Fellowship to the United States. Whilst in the US she presented a paper on:
Journalism in Ghana, Democracy and GMO introduction in Ghana at the
Communications Department at Carroll College in Helena, Montana.
She had earlier worked with TV3 in Ghana, as a News
Anchor and Reporter and Producer. Prior
to that, Narkwor was a Senior Reporter with TV Africa also in Accra and
reported from the Presidency from July 2009 to July 2010.
She has covered news stories and events of national
and international interest including the outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone and
Liberia, the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government summit on Ebola,
held in Accra on November 6, 2014, the presidential reception for US President
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s visit to Ghana in 2009, the 12th
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD XII) in Accra, Ghana
in 2008 and the Grand debate on 'Union Government Summit' of the African Union
in Accra, Ghana in July, 2017 among others.
Narkwor is an alumnus of the Reuters Foundation and a
fellow of Radio Netherlands Training Centre, RNTC, in the Netherlands. She holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and Psychology from the University of
Ghana.
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