While speaking at the recent 80th birthday ceremony in honour of accomplished media scholar and professional, Professor Olatunji Dare by the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and Vintage Press Limited, Publishers of The Nation Newspaper, veteran journalist and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba commended the NGE for the initiative. He also recalled […]
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We have collated a list of self-paced online courses for journalists and newsroom leaders to build capacity in core areas of the craft and develop their careers. Creating time to attend live webinars or committing to scheduled training might be difficult for journalists and newsroom leaders whose fast-paced and unpredictable work makes them mostly unavailable.
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Here are a few awards and fellowship opportunities for journalists to apply for this week. The Free Press Unlimited Free Press Awards 2024. Deadline: 12 August 2024 Free Press Awards, recognises journalists and media professionals who have shown a strong commitment to the cause of press freedom and the provision of independent information. They will
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Here are a few training opportunities and resources for journalists this week. Journalists interested in learning about climate adaptation and social justice can attend this free webinar by Climate Strategies on Thursday July 25, 2024. “Bridging Justice and Adaptation: Synergies between Just Transitions and the Global Goal on Adaptation,” webinar explores the intersections of
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In the face of increasing threats of targeted state surveillance, cyber and online attacks on the watchdogs of society, journalists and activists have been charged to take their digital security as serious as they take physical security. This was the call of Executive director of Human Rights Journalists’ Network, Kehinde Adegboyega at the two-day Digital
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Deputy Director/Head, Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Department Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to renowned journalism scholar and writer, Professor Olatunji Dare who clocked 80 on July 17,2024 My senior in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, UNILAG, in the mid-1980s, Lekan Otufodurin a few days ago dropped a nine-paragraph
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Journalism practice and processes has evolved to become mostly digital activities, most journalists’ workflow— information gathering, processing and dissemination— begins and end on digital platforms using a smartphone computer and/or other digital gadgets. This reality has helped journalists reduce physical safety and security concerns. However, the digital space is not devoid of its threats and
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Six broadcast journalists have been inducted as fellows of the Dataphyte Foundation’s Gender Mainstreaming Fellowship program, Cohort 3. The fellows according to a statement by the Programme Director of the Foundation, Femi Amele, were selected from a pool of 42 applicants from 34 media organisations in the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria. The 12-week
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The conversation about AI in Journalism is no longer about whether it is good or bad but about how it can be used to enhance work and productivity. We have previously written about ways newsrooms can use AI and why journalists need to look out for the shortfalls of AI like its bias and a
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Managing Editor and Chief Communication Officer, Medical Mirror Mary Oluwakemisola Agoyi (MBBS, MSc PH) in this interview with Media Career Development Network speaks on medical journalism, health communication, the state of health in the country and the activities of her platform to encourage, motivate and enrich the society and medical professionals on the importance of
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