Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony held on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, […]
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The World Association of Newspaper Publishers in this message to mark the 2021 World Press Freedom Day makes a case for a viable, diverse, stable and safe media Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information ecosystem. How many media worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual
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Five finalists have been named for the inaugural edition of the Lekan Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award for outstanding student journalists in the country. The award in honour of Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Nigeria’s foremost media career coaching and mentoring organisation is the initiative of two of his former junior colleagues at
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Versatile journalist and publisher of csomedia.com.ng, Emmanuel Udom reviews The Journalist You Ought To Be by Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin The Journalist You Ought to Be Author: Lekan Otufodunrin No of Pages: 182 No of chapters: 40 Price: N,2000 Reviewer: Emmanuel Udom The Journalist You Ought To Be, a 182-page book for professional
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Journalists have been urged to fully understand scientific terms and issues to appropriately report them. Former Deputy Editor of The Nation, Dr Olayinka Oyegbile stated this in a presentation at the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) Media Roundtable in Lagos titled Reporting of Complex Science stories. According to him, the role of journalists is first
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We need to enjoy the dividends of democracy in the existence of an independent press which will be the purveyor of the people’s trust writes Tony Ademiluyi The Caption of this piece is taken from George Orwell’s Master Piece ‘1984’ arguably one of the best books written in literature and his second most popular novel
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), with a two-part event starting with a webinar on Thursday, April 29, 2021, on ‘Safety, Security and Management of Trauma in Coverage of Dangerous Assignments’. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, IPC, in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin shares his experience with supporting interns and offers tips on how to get placements and maximise the opportunities Dear Intern, Greetings from your senior colleague who was an intern in the defunct National Concord Newspaper in 1984. 1984 is a long time ago, but I have remained interested in
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The University of Ilorin chapter of the Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ) has elected its new Press council. The election conducted by the UCJ-IEC headed by Isiaka Azeez on Friday, April 16 had in attendance the outgoing press council. Adedimeji Quayyim, a 300 Level student of the Faculty of law emerged as the 25th President
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The Vent Republic – www.theventrepublic.com an online newspaper targeted at the youths and millennial generation needs the services of volunteer campus journalists from all over Nigeria. Do you have what it takes to be a Journalist? Do you have a passion for Journalism? Do you want a platform to build your skills? Why not consider
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