In 2007, Funke Fadugba retired as general manager-news/current affairs of DAAR Communications, Lagos. With her retirement, she appeared to have bid goodbye to active journalism, having worked in various media outfits for 30 years. But, the truth is that a journalist is a journalist. It is difficult to resist the newsroom and its politics, the […]
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The Making of the Nigerian Flagship: A story of The Guardian by Aaron Ukodie and O’seun Ogunseitan launched recently is full of many interesting and insightful recollections by journalists who worked in the organization in its first ten years of operations. The book is a treasure considering the no-holds back accounts many of the former
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Media programmes and opportunities scheduled for this week include opportunities to register for upcoming conferences, award and fellowship deadline. Monday, April 19- Saturday, April 24, 2021 Monday, April 19 REGISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Register to participate free in The International Symposium on Online Journalism which will be online-only for the second time since 1999. Please take
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How can journalists ensure that their stories are easily found by readers online and are top on search engines, Shehu Olayinka, Multimedia and Social Manager offers some tips Searchable links are links that appear online beneath the main URL of a story when there is a search on it on search engines. To always have
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Media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin recalls a conversation with a reporter who shared his agony about not getting deserved promotion. I still recall the telephone conversation like yesterday though it was more than ten years ago I spoke with the state correspondent in a newspaper I used to work. He had called to draw
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Being an editor in a digital world requires more skills than it used to be for anyone who still wants to remain relevant in the media and communication industry. Companies and organisations are devising new ways of communicating what they do and hiring highly skilled editors who have more than the usual traditional editorial skills.
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Good journalism does not simply inform, it provides information that has meaning for people’s lives and holds the powerful to account. At a time when trust in the media is declining around the world, it has become even more important to provide content that is ethical, independent, critical and of public interest. Providing such content
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Eleven Nigerian journalists and two media organisations are on the longlists of the One World Media Awards announced on Wednesday. They are among those listed from over 500 entries across 96 countries for 15 awards in contention. The OWM celebrates the industry’s best media coverage of the global south, spotlighting underreported stories that break through
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The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has invited entries for outstanding science reporting for the year 2020. The Science Media 2021 Award is in two categories: Print and Broadcast, and is open to all print and broadcast journalists who published science or science-related stories (health, environment, etc) in 2020. The award, established by the NAS
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will on April 14 and 15, 2021 hold a two-day Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists in Abuja. The workshop is designed to enhance the capacity of lawyers to litigate cases on behalf of journalists and media organizations that are threatened or under attack in an effort to
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