Executive Director Paradigm Initiative, Gbenga Sesan, has urged journalists to focus more on the digital rights of the citizens along with other human rights. Sesan, who spoke during a webinar organised by the Human Rights Journalists Network on Understanding Digital Rights, charged them on learning more about digital rights and ensuring the rights are protected. […]
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Journalist and Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how to re-purpose social media posts for book publication. When Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL Magazine, Azuh Arinze wrote a Facebook post on how he met and fell in love with his wife, Edith, to mark their 14th marriage anniversary, it was just as he puts one of those
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What is the work environment in media houses after recent layoffs? and which newspaper house has an oath of secrecy form for staff to sign. Find out in our new OFF RECORDS reports. ‘Help work is killing us’ Due to the impact of Coronavirus on the media sector, it is understandable that some companies have
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The Editor, Sporting Life, Ade Ojeikere recently clocked 60. In this interview with Adeyinka Akintunde, he recalls his memorable work experience covering national and international sporting competitions and offers advice for excelling in journalism. You are a celebrated sports journalist, can you recall your journey into Sports Journalism. I give credit to the former Managing
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African Women in Media (AWiM) has a number of PAID training consultancies for interested experienced photojournalists. The vacancies are in this link http://africanwomeninmedia.com/vacancy-training-consultant-photojournalism/… The consultants will develop training packages for Photojournalists in Africa. Deadline for the application is 25 Sept 2020 This training project aims to build the capacity of African photojournalists in Africa. The consultant
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Nigerian digital influencer, Mr. David Imoh, popularly known as Davvyd Moore, has encouraged youths to leverage social media for the success of their career and business. Imoh, a Microbiology student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), in an interview with the Director, Efico Resources, Mr. David Adefunmilayo, urged the youth to go through the rigour
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The International Press Centre (IPC) has concluded plans to train 25 journalists on the use of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act for investigative reports of political campaign finance and COVID-19 accountability issues. The two-day training to hold in Abuja is planned in partnership with Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and funded through Component 4b: Support
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In a recent Facebook post, the Publisher of Todaysnewsafrica.com, Simon Ateba complained about online publishers who plagiarize his website’s contents without due credit or permission. According to Ateba, there is nothing wrong in quoting an article, a publication or an author, but “when you republish an entire article and give yourself a by-line as if
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Executive Director of Media Career Development Network in August featured in a Facebook Live chat with Ruth Olurounbi, editor and communications manager on the Content Creator in Nigeria’s Post-COVID future of media. His responses during the chat are published below. Who is a content creator? Put simply, a content creator is someone who creates content
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Media Programmes scheduled to hold this week include training, call for entries among others between Monday, September 14-Saturday, September 19, 2020). The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details: Monday, September 14, 2020 Africa’s first independent fact-checking website invite for a special project manager closes today. Qualified applicant will be responsible
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