Various media programmes, including lectures, training, workshops and others by various organisations will hold this week July 13-17, 2020. The programmes are listed below with details.
Monday, July 13th, 2020
Wole Soyinka Lecture/NITDA Digital Skills Training
*The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will hold the 12th edition of its annual media lecture series on Monday, July 13.
The event which will be held virtually for the first time as a webinar will discuss the theme: Data, Media and National Development.
Time of the programme is 10 am to 12noon West Africa Time (WAT).
The panellists are Oluwayemi Alaba, (Senior Lecturer Statistics Department University of Ibadan), Yemi Kale and (Statistian Career of the Federation, CEO Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics).
Others are Mannir Dan-Ali (Board Member, Media Trust Limited Former Editor-In-Chief $ CEO Daily Trust), Seun Onigbinde (Co-founder and Director, BudgIT Foundation) and Moderator Chioma Agwuegbo (Founder, TechHer).
Didn’t register? Watch live here – lectureseries.wscij.org
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*The National Information Technology Development Agency @NITDANigeria, under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy @FMoCDENigeria will hold a 5-Day Training for ICT Media Practitioners on “Digital Skills in News Reportage for ICT Journalists”.
The capacity building programme will take place from 13th-17th July 2020.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
The International Center for Journalists will join internet pioneers to discuss an urgent question on Reinventing The Journalism Business Model: What will it take?
The speakers are Vint Cert (Internet Pioneer), Patricia Torress-Burd (Media Development Investment Fund), Richard Gingrass (Google News), Ninshant Lalwani (Luminate).
The International Centre for Investigative Journalism is a nonprofit that supports the truth-tellers.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
Workshop 3-Skills and Outlook for the New Media Age
Media Career Development Network and The CoBuilders Academy will continue with the series of virtual workshops designed to equip media professionals with the knowledge and skills for sustainable and profitable innovation in the media industry.
Tools and skills are important for advancement. Here, participants will be taken through modules of training in technologies such as web development, SEO and Search Engine, content (text and video) marketing, self-service platforms, review services, e-commerce, membership sites, online editorial, and advertising, data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, information technology strategies, ICT, trend convergence, innovators’ mindset, cloud technologies, coding and programming, technological barriers and how to circumvent them, waiting for innovation to take root, etc.
Speakers are: Trend Convergence, Michael Nelson ( Founder and CEO, The CoBuilders, The Innovator’s Mindset, Malinda Coler Co-Founder and CEO, Lesson Up) and Content Marketing, Engagement and E-Commerce, Tayo Alofun ( Head of Digital, Interswitch Group)
Thursday, July 17th, 2020:
Veteran journalist and media trainer Taiwo Obe, Founder/Director, The Journalism Clinic is set to share four decades experience in journalism in celebration of his 60th birthday.
TOPIC: 60 EXCITING JOBS FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS
“What I have learnt in at least four decades in journalism and still learning that could be helpful to fresh and aspiring journalists, especially in these trying times in a zoom meeting. That is my 60th birthday giveaway.” https://t.co/3fCEk6crTI
Venue: Online Time: 12 noon
Friday, July 17th 2020
Workshop 4:Career and Project Development
Speakers on the final session of the virtual workshop on deploying technology for Impact and Profit by Media Career Development Network and The Co-Builders are: Michael Nelson, Lekan Otufodunrin and Project Development and Management, Alex Ogundadegbe (CEO, Optimum Performance Training)
5pm-7pm GMT+1 (Nigeria Time)
In this workshop, participants will be entered into a contest for N200,000 investment into an idea that that passes the test of innovative thinking.
Participants have to Sign Up for a CoBuilders Account to post their projects on The CoBuilders Platform. Judges will review the projects on the Find Opportunities page. The selected project will be supported by CoBuilders in the amount of the award.
