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Male allies supporting women in Journalism

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Presentation by Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Lekan Otufodunrin on Male allies supporting women in journalism at Gender Consonance and Female Media Leadership training by Broadcast journalist at Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Nkechi Macaulay. The training was supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation […]

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Don’t despise your journalism beginning

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If many journalists have their way, they would prefer not to have opted for a career in journalism, including those who are graduates of Mass Communication. They wish they had an opportunity in another industry sector rather than the media considering the perception that journalism is a poor-paying job with not much prospect of becoming

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Enhancing Journalism Excellence: Review of 2023 Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report

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The 2023 Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report, published by the Media Career Development Network is out. This report, according to the Executive Director of the MDCN, Lekan Otufodunrin, is created to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of media training in Nigeria. However, the 2023 report, the 4th edition, captured more as it

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Online: Indiscriminate copying and pasting

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On Sunday, June 23, the Publisher of Church Times Nigeria, Gbenga Osinaike called out a national Newspaper and other unnamed Online platforms over the republishing of his exclusive content without crediting him. According to Osinaike, he wrote an exclusive story with the title “Adeboye: I will no longer take attack on me lightly” published on

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New editors, deputies resume July 22 at The Punch

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The Board of Punch Newspapers have announced the appointments of two new editors and deputies for its titles. In the announcement made on Friday, June 21, the Business Editor of The PUNCH, Oyetunji Abioye, was appointed the new editor of The PUNCH, in acting capacity from Monday, July 22 to replace the current editor. Adedayo Oketola.

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‘How Obasanjo seized my tape recorder during an interview’

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When the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief at Gaskia Media Limited, Mr Dare Babarinsa was asked what has been the most memorable interview he has conducted in his over 40 years of journalism practice, he said he has had good and troublesome interviews. In the interview published in Anything and Everything Journalism by the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES

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Between NIPR and NUJ

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Congratulations to all our colleagues and other journalists I have seen online celebrating their induction as members of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Becoming a certified member of NIPR is a good way of having additional career opportunities along with being an experienced journalist. Even without being a member of NIPR, many journalists

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Fatal Errors in communication and tragic consequences on relationships

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Communication is the lubricant that oils the wheel of relationship. If we allow this oil to dry up, we get the wheel locked. If we this oil becomes sludge, the wheel grinds to a halt. Granted that as human beings, fallibility is our common trait because to Allah, God almighty alone can we ascribe perfection

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Journalists who have moved on to Law, Banking, Academic, Technology and more

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What are the options open to journalists when their active newsroom days are over? There are various options based on what many journalists have moved on to doing after exiting from practicing journalism intentionally or due to various circumstances. The present varied non-journalism work of some former staff of The Punch Newspapers who shared stories

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As Elewodalu bows out of VON

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Abdulwarees Solanke, Deputy Director, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development Department Voice of Nigeria writes on the retirement of the Director of News of Voice of Nigeria, Austeen Elewodalu. The last Board of Management meeting of Voice of Nigeria which turned out to be a Valedictory for Mr. Austeen Elewodalu was a most emotional one

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