To write for free or not?. Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director/ Editor of Media Career Development Network, shares his experience writing a national newspaper column for over two years for free and his benefits. Before voluntarily resigning from The Nation Newspaper as Managing Editor, Online and Special Publications in December 2018, I was writing a weekly […]
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Worried by the continued exploitation of broadcasters by media owners, broadcaster and media entrepreneur, Fola Folayan has called for the launch of a new union to protect their rights better conditions of service. In this interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, the Operations Director of BROADCAST RADIO MASTER CLASS offers more insights on the worrisome working conditions
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The Coordinator, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Dr Chido Onumah has called for the protection of campus press clubs and journalists in Nigeria due to their active roles in information dissemination, accountability and transparency, and holding authorities to account in their institutions. Onumah made the call while delivering the keynote address on Tuesday,
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Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim of the Mass Communication Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) been declared winner of the inaugural Lekan Otufodunrin Campus Journalists Award. He has announced the winner on Sunday at the virtual ceremony to mark the 57th birthday of Otufodunrin, an accomplished journalist and media career development specialist. The Lekan Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award
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The Chief Executive Director of Radio Now 95.3 FM Lagos, Kadaria Ahmed, has advised young journalists to acquire viable skills to have a successful media career. She gave the advice on Thursday while speaking at a professional forum held at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos titled Building media career in 2st Century: Challenges
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Four media awards have so far been named after journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodnrin. Details of the awards and the reactions of the past winners highlighted in this report. The first time a media award was named after accomplished journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin was in 2018 by the
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Two Nigerian journalists, Fisayo Soyombo of Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Nosmot Gbadamosi, freelance journalist are among the finalists for the One World Media Award to celebrate the industry’s best media coverage of the global south announced on Wednesday, May 5. The Republic Knowledge Company also got a special mention in the final list for
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DEADLINE: ROLLING— The femInStyle Africa, a magazine for women by women, is looking to engage the services of writers to cover any of these available positions. POSITIONS AVAILABLE (1) Social Media Content Creator (2) Health Writer (3) Finance Writer (4) Travel Writer (5) Beauty and Fashion Writer SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR Job Description 1. Writing,
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Multiple award-winning Freelance Investigative Journalist, Tobore Ovuorie has emerged as the seventh laureate of the Deutsche Welle (DW) Freedom of Speech Award 2021. The award according to the organisers honours journalists’ outstanding commitment to human rights and particularly, freedom of expression in the media. Among other investigative reports, Ovuorie is well known for her undercover
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What is the level of press freedom in tertiary institutions in Nigeria? Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi and Abdulrasheed Hammad report on threats and other restrictions campus journalists are enduring. For over a decade, the Health Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba Akoko, Ondo State had existed in an unhealthy state on swampy land. Instead of getting
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