On Sunday, June 23, the Publisher of Church Times Nigeria, Gbenga Osinaike called out a national Newspaper and other unnamed Online platforms over the republishing of his exclusive content without crediting him. According to Osinaike, he wrote an exclusive story with the title “Adeboye: I will no longer take attack on me lightly” published on […]
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The Board of Punch Newspapers have announced the appointments of two new editors and deputies for its titles. In the announcement made on Friday, June 21, the Business Editor of The PUNCH, Oyetunji Abioye, was appointed the new editor of The PUNCH, in acting capacity from Monday, July 22 to replace the current editor. Adedayo Oketola.
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When the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief at Gaskia Media Limited, Mr Dare Babarinsa was asked what has been the most memorable interview he has conducted in his over 40 years of journalism practice, he said he has had good and troublesome interviews. In the interview published in Anything and Everything Journalism by the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES
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Congratulations to all our colleagues and other journalists I have seen online celebrating their induction as members of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Becoming a certified member of NIPR is a good way of having additional career opportunities along with being an experienced journalist. Even without being a member of NIPR, many journalists
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Communication is the lubricant that oils the wheel of relationship. If we allow this oil to dry up, we get the wheel locked. If we this oil becomes sludge, the wheel grinds to a halt. Granted that as human beings, fallibility is our common trait because to Allah, God almighty alone can we ascribe perfection
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What are the options open to journalists when their active newsroom days are over? There are various options based on what many journalists have moved on to doing after exiting from practicing journalism intentionally or due to various circumstances. The present varied non-journalism work of some former staff of The Punch Newspapers who shared stories
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Deputy Director, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development Department Voice of Nigeria writes on the retirement of the Director of News of Voice of Nigeria, Austeen Elewodalu. The last Board of Management meeting of Voice of Nigeria which turned out to be a Valedictory for Mr. Austeen Elewodalu was a most emotional one
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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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