The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, will hold this year’s edition of its annual flagship conference, the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, ANEC, on Thursday, November 26, 2020. ANEC is usually a three-day event but this year’s edition will be VIRTUAL (Via Zoom) for one day. Themed: Media, People and Covid-19: How to Create Sustainability in […]
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Media programmes scheduled to hold this week include award announcement, webinar, call for entries among others between Monday, November 23-Saturday, November 28, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details MONDAY, November 23, 2020 Announcement of the winner of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award winner. Facebook.com/thomsonfoundation 7 pm UK #TFYoungJournalist
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Student journalist and researcher, Muhyideen Kolawole writes on the discussion on the future of journalism in Africa at the recent West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA 2020) in Ghana. Their verdicts sound scary but it’s the sad truth media organisations and journalists in Africa have to take seriously and act on. Khadija Patel,
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Student journalist and researcher, Muhyideen Kolawole writes on the insights at a panel discussion on how news websites can earn sustainable revenue If there is one major issue the media in Africa has been trying hard to find a solution for following the digitization of their operations, it’s how to make enough sustainable revenue. While
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Ladi Bala of the Nigeria Television Authority has emerged the new President of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Bala defeated three other contestants during the election in Minna, on Saturday, November 14 with Ladi polling 439 votes to beat Aishat Ibrahim to runner-up position with 251 votes, while Chindaba Danjuma and Ruth Abubakar polled
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The Media programmes scheduled to hold this week include webinar, summit, launch, award and others between Monday, November 16- Saturday, November 21, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details MONDAY, November 16, 2020 Online Harassment: Strategies For Journalists Defense Knight Center’s Mooc in collaboration with International International Women’s Media Foundations
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Five Nigerian journalists on Saturday night won five of the eight categories of the 2020 West Africa Media Excellence Awards held in Accra, Ghana. The winners are as follows: Best Reporter, Telecommunications and ICTs Innocent Duru, The Nation Newspaper, Best Reporter, Business and SMEs Kelechukwu Iruoma Best reporter, Investigative Reporting Fisayo Soyombo, The cable, Environmental
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A research report commissioned by ActionAid Nigeria on the Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria media operation and survival has offered suggestions on how journalists and media organisations can cope with the emerging challenges. The report launched on Tuesday in Abuja by the Country Director, Ene Obi was conducted Isine Ibanga. Research Fellow and Managing
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Free press in Nigeria continues to be relentlessly attacked while journalism as a practice remains an endangered profession despite constitutional provision for the media to hold the government accountable. Programme Director of Premium Times Investigative Journalism Centre, (PTCIJ) Ms Oluwatosin Alagbe stated this in STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM REPORT: Trends and Reflections launched on Thursday.
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The maiden edition of the PR Students on Campus Summit, an initiative to attract new talents to the Public Relations industry has held with two young professionals sharing their career journey. Organised by Nigerian Women in Public Relations, the first virtual edition was held exclusively for students of the University of Lagos on October 30,
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