Telecommunications company, Airtel Nigeria is sponsoring 100 journalists to a training in data and digital reporting, to be facilitated by Lagos-based media training outfit, The Journalism Clinic.
According to Taiwo Obe, the founder of the clinic, “The training is open to full-time and freelance journalists, practicing in Nigeria, but we will not disregard applications by interested bloggers, who, like the journalists, must show sufficient cause why they should be considered for either of the modules. ”
The trainings will hold in Lagos State from August 21th -25th and Kaduna State from August 28th -September 1st.
Interested journalists can apply for either Multimedia Storytelling or Data Journalism.
One added that, “No one person will attend the two sessions, while preference would also be given to those who had not benefited from the previous digital journalism training sponsored by Airtel.”
He explained further that both streams will be facilitated by internationally-acclaimed digital journalism trainer, Dan Mason.
Mason was in Nigeria in 2015 to train the first set of 100 Nigerian journalists for the #AirtelChangeYourStory multimedia storytelling training in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja and Enugu, also organized by The Journalism Clinic.
Airtel Managing Director/CEO Mr Segun Ogunsanya speaking on his company’s rationale for the sponsorship said, “We strongly believe that the more our journalists are equipped, the better for our society,”
How to Apply
Detailed information will be on The Journalism Clinic’s Facebook page and twitter handle (@Clinic4Journos); or you could email: founder@TheJournalismClinic.com
