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Africans urged to embrace new technologies to tell their stories

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Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information for All Programme, Ms Dorothy Gordon, has charged Africans to embrace emerging technologies for telling and promoting their own stories. Gordon gave the charge at The Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) 7th Annual and 1st Virtual Conference with the […]

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Vacancies: Reporter, Editor

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A print media reaching out from Abuja is currently in need of a news reporter and an editor. Responsibility Include: The ideal candidate should be able to collect information on assigned topics to report accurate and timely news. Talk to sources, follow-up on leads, and do research to be as well informed as possible. Fact-check

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Ogunbanwo named MD/CEO PlusTV Africa

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Former General Manager, LagosTV/ Radio Lagos and Eko FM, Mr Lekan Ogunbanwo has been appointed as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of PlusTV Africa. His appointment was announced in a statement by the Chairman of General News and Entertainment Media Group, owners of the station, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Ogunbanwo

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Maternal health reporting grant

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Nigerian journalists who have maternal health story ideas can apply for the Maternal Figures Reporting Grant. With the support of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Maternal Figures will support two journalists every quarter with a stipend to cover a maternal health story. To apply for the reporting grants, journalists must attend one Maternal Figures

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Vacancy : Online Training Consultants

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African Women in Media (AWiM) needs consultants to develop training packages for women journalists covering Labour Migration in Africa. The consultant will among other tasks design and develop an online course package on a relevant journalism topic for which the consultant is expert and produce engaging materials including, but not limited to short videos and quizzes. He or

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Fundable story, project ideas for women journalists

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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the opportunity for women journalists to get funds for story and project ideas citing The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF). To survive as a journalist in the present disrupted media landscape requires more than being able to write or produce a programme.

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INEC assures journalists of safety in Edo, Ondo elections

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By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured journalists of their safety while covering the Edo and Ondo elections coming up on September 19 and October 10 respectively. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi,Oyekanmi, gave the assurance at a webinar on Edo/Ondo elections themed “The imperative of safety

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‘How journalists, media organisations can access global opportunities’

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Jackie Opara-Fatoye is the Regional Deputy Editor – Sub-Saharan Africa [English] of SciDev.Net reputed to be the world’s leading free source of news, views and analysis about science and technology in the developing world. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, Opara-Fatoye, a graduate of Mass Communication from Madonna University, Okija, Nigeria, shares insights on

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Media Programmes THISWEEK September 7-September 12, 2020

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Media Programmes scheduled to hold this week include training, call for entries and others between September 7-September 12, 2020). The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details: Monday, September 7, 2020 International Press Centre (IPC) and Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. The

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How to exhaustively cover project commissioning

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Media trainer and multimedia storyteller, Chima Nwankwo offers tips on how to comprehensively cover project commissioning, especially when in doubt about facts provided on the project. You are a journalist. You get an invitation to cover a Press Conference on the Commissioning of a project. It sounds like an old project and you have a

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