By Oyinlola Awonuga Editors have been advised to rethink their roles from just assigning, reviewing, rewriting and processing of words to creating compelling, engaging and impactful contents, in line with the needs of their audiences. The call was contained in a communique issued at the end the 16th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) held on […]
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Editor of BusinessDay, Patrick Atuanya has resigned his appointment alleging corporate malpractice and bad management of the company. Atuanya who was appointed editor of the paper in January 2019 announced his sudden exit in a message he shared with staff in a WhatsApp group titled Parting Shot. Although Atuanya could not be immediately reached, the
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The International Press Centre (IPC) is set to commence a six-month Media-in-Health-Care-Accountability Project to facilitate the emergence of a corps of next-generation investigative health reporters in December. The project, supported by the US Consulate-General, Lagos seeks to enhance the capacity of the media and younger generation journalists to serve as effective catalysts of fundamental health care
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The media programmes scheduled for this week include fellowship deadline, workshop, Award, Lecture among others between Monday, November 30-Saturday, December 5, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details Monday, November 30, 2020 Deadline for Investigative Fellowships To Tackle Religious Intolerance Applications for an intensive, free six-week online course that will
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Aisha Salaudeen Journalist and multi-platform producer with CNN International has emerged the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism for 2020. She was announced as the winner of the award along with 19 others for other categories on Saturday, 28 November at the first-ever TV and digital edition of the competition. The Journalism
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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reiterated his administration’s commitment to repositioning the state-owned newspaper, the Nigerian Observer to meet national and international standards. Obaseki disclosed this on Thursday after inspecting the newly acquired printing press machine at the newspaper’s head office in Benin City. According to the governor, “You can see
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A Deputy Director of News, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Leye Ajayi has been sworn in as the Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Ajayi defeated the incumbent Chairman Dr. Qasim Akinreti with 370 votes to 68 votes during the election held on November 26, 2020. Kasim Tunde
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Great tips were shared by speakers at the Pitching for Journalists session during the Women in Media Peace and Technology programme organised by African Women In Media in partnership with the African Union. The speakers include Pamela Sittoni, Executive Editor, Boitshepo Balozwi, Country Lead, Women in the News, Dr Joyce Bazira, Media Trainer, Coach, Researcher,
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Oyinlola Awonuga A public and media relations professional expert, Remilekun Kehinde-Philip has launched a book to mark her 40th birthday. The book, titled “40 Life Lessons” was launched on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the virtual birthday celebration. Kehinde-Philip explained that the book chronicles her story-the good, the bad and the ugly and the lessons she
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Chairman of Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Dr. Qasim Akinreti writes on the academic and professional legacies of Late Professor Dayo Alao who died recently. On December 17th 2020, the remains of our father, mentor, journalist, Media and Academic Administrator, Professor Dayo Alao will be committed to mother earth at Ilorin,
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