For those with ambitions to be air personalities or professional broadcasters who want to hone their craft, academic qualification is not enough; it is crucial to gain vocational training. Asides from tertiary institutions, there are institutes established to cater exclusively to the industry and individuals who require proficiency in various aspects of broadcasting. Unlike universities […]
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Mass communication students have been urged to double their efforts in acquiring relevant experience, networking, relationship, and career-building during their studies to prepare them for the media industry. The call was made by top media professionals at the 14th annual public lecture and symposium of the press week by the National Association of Mass Communication
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13 African journalists are among the 49 mentees selected for the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) 2021 mentorship programme. On the list are five journalists from Nigeria, two from Kenya, another two from Zimbabwe and one each from Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroon and Malawi. While announcing the mentees, Julia Hotz, the Communities Manager for the Solutions
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Aspiring Public Relations professionals have been urged to develop requisite skills to prepare them for a career in the industry. The advice was given by speakers at the seventh edition of the virtual Public Relations Students on Campus Summit organized by the Nigerian Women in Public Relations for students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. “
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One of Nigeria’s accomplished journalists, Femi Akintunde-Johnson, popularly known as FAJ, will release the digital version of his third book – Reflections – on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The 300+-page book according to a press release by the publisher, is filled with enriched information, personal recollections, detailed fact-checking of many of the major works of
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Ace broadcaster, Tunji Ajibade has been appointed as the Manager of CROWTHER 88.5 FM, Oyo, by the management of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo. His appointment was confirmed in a Facebook post by Sunday Saanu, a media aide in the institution. Ajibade, a highly experienced, and thoroughbred broadcaster, is a 1988 graduate of the Department
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Editorial vacancies exist in an Abuja-based online newspaper recruiting an Editor-in-Chief, a Head of Investigation and some reporters as part of efforts to reposition its operations. According to tweets by the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, the requirements for the positions not in his organisation are as follows; Editor-in-Chief An
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Ten African journalists and filmmakers have been selected for the One World Media Fellowship aimed at aspiring journalists and film-maker, supporting new talent from around the world to produce engaging and creative media in the global south. They are among twenty fellows selected for the fellowship Working in film, print, audio, or multimedia, the Fellows’
Journalist and poet, Simbo Olorunfemi writes that the media has carried on as if above the law and has to learn to take responsibility Every time a media organ or practitioner is queried on the basis of the law, what we have come to see is for those who lay claim to the protection of
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The management of Radio Now, 95.3 FM, a private radio station in Lagos has faulted the directive of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) that all broadcast stations in the country should suspend patronage of the microblogging platform, Twitter. In a statement by its Managing Director, Kadaria Ahmed, the station noted with dismay the directive which
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