Abdulwarees Solanke, Deputy Director Strategic Planning and Corporate Development Department Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to his late colleague. I call her Dr. Shade. My last encounter with FolaShade Olatunbosun, a petite, charming and cheerful lady who is Deputy Director of Training at Voice of Nigeria was before Sallah. Before being transferred to the Training […]
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Mass Communication students have been advised to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to guarantee having a fulfilling career in the media industry. The Executive Director of the Media Career Development Network, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin advised while presenting his keynote address at the Industry-Academia Partnership Series 11 by the Department of Mass Communication of the
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While assessing essays submitted for the recent 2nd Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists in Niger State, six of the twelve entries were disqualified because they were found to be 100 percent written with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiator of the award, Wakaso who is the Special Adviser, Print Media to the state governor
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Aisha Wakaso, the organiser of the Aisha Wakaso Prize for Young Female Journalists is the Special Adviser, Print Media to the Niger State Governor. An accomplished communications professional, Aisha has more than 16 years of experience in journalism and public relations. She is renowned as a skilled media strategist and a fervent advocate for women’s
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First-prize entry for the Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists on the theme of Paving the way for gender equality in media representation. The media is a mirror of society but what happens when the media paints an incomplete picture? This is where the issue of gender equality in media arises. Women have played
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A graduate of Mass Communication of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, Salamatu Abdullahi Abubakar has emerged as the overall winner of the 2nd edition of the Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists. The first and second runners-up were also recent graduates for the award meant for upcoming female journalists and young female journalists between
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Three Nigerian journalists have been selected for the sixth cohort of Reuters Institute Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN). Kelechi Hart Ekeledo of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Ayoola Kassim of Channels TV and Lanre Olagunju of The Cable Newspaper are among the 100 climate journalists selected for the sixth cohort of the project which will run
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“Command your stage” is a 272-page introspection, interrogation and examination of the art and science of public speaking and contextual presentation written by our dear author, broadcaster and speech presentation expert Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede. The book is packaged and delivered in twelve chapters of precise, descriptive, unambiguous free-flowing prose laced with intellectual sagacity and journalistic expertise so
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Here are THREE opportunities development journalists in Nigeria can apply for this weekend. 1. Call for Proposals on Underreported Stories in Africa. The Pulitzer Center seeks story pitches for reporting projects on underreported issues impacting communities in sub-Saharan Africa, including water, land degradation, education, maternal health, & climate resilience. The call places
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The Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals on June 5-6, 2024 held a two-day “Media Entrepreneurship 2024” fellowship in Lagos with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and Mac Arthur Foundation. Various multimedia, television, and radio experts shared a common message with participants: passion alone is not enough to succeed in
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