Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how he does what he usually ask journalists to do about maximising career opportunities. One of the things I know I am guilty of is always asking, sometimes putting pressure on journalists to take advantage of available opportunities. I seem, like some colleagues say, to make it […]
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Canon, a world leader in digital imaging solutions, announced its sponsorship participation for the tenth-anniversary edition of Uganda Press Photo Awards 2021. The award ceremony, according to the organizer, will hold in Kampala, Uganda’s capital on October 21, 2021. Amine Djouahra, Director of Sales and Marketing – Canon Central and North Africa, disclosed that there
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Bloomberg News has a vacancy for an experienced editor to join its economy and government team in sub-Saharan Africa. Applicants, according to Bloomberg, must have deep knowledge of the region’s politics, economics and business sector, along with an understanding of financial and commodity markets. He or she must also possess skills working with reporters spread
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) demanding telecommunications companies to shutdown services in Zamfara State, citing “pervading security situation” in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr. Idowu Adewale, MRA’s Communications Officer. Adewale noted that the regulatory agency has increasingly become a
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The need to promote independent media that advances fundamental human rights has been the core value of Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ. This has made PTCIJ go to over twenty higher institutions in Nigeria over the years to train more than hundreds of campus journalists on Conflict and Investigative Reporting. The Center made
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In a bid to promote diversity in the African Tech Industry, the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) and Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative, have collaborated to establish a Female Digital Academy. The academy will educate over 500 women to become technology gurus over the next 3-5 years and prepare the next generation of technology professionals and provide
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Journalists at The Nation spent Thursday, September 2, 2021 learning about personal finance and sexual gender-based violence reporting. The training, held in the newsroom of the organisation, featured three speakers on financial literacy and sexual and gender-based violence reporting. The training was organised by The Nation, in collaboration with its head of the education desk, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, as her
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Solutions Journalism Africa Fellow writes in his weekly column in The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria writes on why journalists and media organisations should be more interested in adopting Solutions Journalism reporting. IF you are tired of reading and listening to never-ending stories of problems and crises in the country and worldwide in the media,
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Kemi Adetiba, a highly revered Nigerian filmmaker, recently treated film enthusiasts around the world and Nollywood film lovers at large, to the release of King of Boys: The Return of the King, a limited series that follows King of Boys, Nollywood’s 2018 political crime thriller. The much-talked-about film tells the tale of Alhaja Eniola Salami,
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A broadcast media in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Agidigbo FM, has launched its Solutions Journalism desk with a newsroom training by Solutions Journalism Network Africa Manager, Ruona J Meyer. 17 reporters were trained by Meyer via zoom on the basics of solutions journalism reporting and how to find solutions stories. Speaking at the launch, Head
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