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Nigerian science writer, three others named science journalism fellows

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Nigerian science writer, Abdullahi Tsanni has been named along with three others for the four early-career science journalism fellowship by The Open Notebook, (TON). The other fellows are Pedro Márquez-Zacarías, a PhD candidate in quantitative biosciences at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, María Paula Rubiano A., Colombian freelance science journalist and Carolyn Wilke, Chicago-based freelance journalist. […]

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The big deal about winning media awards

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What’s the big deal about winning media awards? Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist, explains why awards should be given due consideration by journalists. The best journalist is not necessarily an award-winning journalist. There are many things involved in winning media awards. Usually, except in a few cases, interested persons have to apply and meet

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African journalists win Labour Migration Reporting Awards

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Journalists from across Africa have won various categories of the Labour Migration Reporting Awards. The awards were hosted by African Women in Media (AWiM), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP). The winners and their categories are:

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274 journalists jailed globally in 2020, none in Nigeria

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Two hundred and seventy-four journalists were jailed in relation to their work globally this year according to the annual global survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The record number of affected journalists’ exceeding 272 in 2016 as at December 1 followed arrests of many covering COVID-19 or political `instability by authoritarian nations. “ Amid

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‘Commitment to welfare of journalists by employers should be enforceable’

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A call has been made for a review of existing regulatory provisions to make a commitment to the welfare of journalists by employers enforceable. The call was made in a communique issued at the end of a stakeholders forum on Journalists safety and press freedom limitations in Nigeria organized by the International Press Centre. Participants

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Media Programmes THISWEEK Dec 14- 19, 2020

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Media programmes scheduled for this week include a call for entries, award announcement, deadline, a day of tribute among others between Monday, December 14- Saturday, December 19, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, December 14, 2020 Deadline for Journalism Fund’s Money Trail Grants Journalist teams from Africa applications

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Banjo, Samuel-Wemimo, Folarin win Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting awards

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Winners have emerged for the 2020 edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) The winners announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Lagos include Damilola Banjo of Shahara Reporter who won the online category and the overall Investigative Reporter of

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