Oloruntimilehin Ayomide, an intern with Media Career Development Network (MCDN), from Lagos State Polytechnic, writes on his experience during a visit to The Nation Newspapers headquarters in Lagos As an intern, I had my first media advocacy tour experience with the Journalists for Christ (JFC) team that visited The Nation Newspapers office in Lagos on
Joseph Olaoluwa, a graduate of English and Literary Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University writes on his sojourn to and in The Nation. With the appropriate experience as a student journalist and veteran campus journalist in the eyes of many, one would think landing an internship with a top newspaper firm would be as easy as
The Media Career Development Network, (MCDN), Nigeria has launched a collaborative Internship Exchange Programme for student journalists to gain multimedia experience across media organizations. The programme was launched on Tuesday in Lagos in collaboration with Wisdom Gate Radio, (wigradio.com) Lagos and New Dawn Nigeria ( NewDawngr.com) with interns from various universities and polytechnics across the
Alimot Akinsanya, intern from Federal University, Oye Ekiti recalls her first day internship experience. Remember those times when you wake up having no idea what to expect from an event, especially when you will be meeting people for the first time? Tuesday morning was one of those. Excitement and nerves filled my being that
Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we just began the (2019/2020) academic session and it was my third year at the university. I cruised through life, attending lectures, spending time with my learning colleagues, and engaged actively in journalism activities on campus. Little did I know my fast-paced life would come to a halt in
With the increasing number of students seeking media internship, it’s time for media training institutions to come up with new approaches to maximising available opportunities. Here is a list of what we think they should be considering to ease the search for internship placements for students. *Get familiar with the present situation in media organisations.
Adeyemi Temitayo kehinde and Bankole-Bawa Ademola, both Mass Communication Students from Ajayi Crowther University last week completed their internship with Media Career Development Network. They wrote about what they learnt and their experience below. Adeyemi The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN) Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin made me understand the basics of writing with
An intern with Media Career Development Network, Isaac Akerele, a student of Olabisi Onababanjo University, Ago-Iwoye shares his first-week learning experience. As a communication student of Olabisi Onababanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, south-western part of Nigeria, having only travelled as far as Ibadan once and a few times to the rustics of Lagos, my narrow view of
It is known that students tend to engage in extracurricular activities. Perhaps they have rebuked the ideology of “books only” or they discover that they have their unique potentials. Either way, students are now fond of doing and learning things not taught in class. And I hold it as education too. It is an education
In his Newsroom Diary series, Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist, writes of newsroom love relationship Relationship escapades were very common in the early years of my days in the newsrooms. One gets to hear stories of which Oga was having one kind of relationship or the other with the female staff or