A fact-checking app, Verifact has emerged top at the AI Campus Network Demo and Hackathon held last week at the University of Lagos by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID). HealthMate AI was the first runner up, while AidCare was the second runner up. Verifact got N500,000 support, HealthMate, N300,000 and AidCare, N200,000. […]
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New employees of The Punch Newspaper who participated in the Immersion Programme by the company and Punch Media Foundation, got some deep insights on how to use AI to enhance their editorial assignments. Director of Projects at Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, Mayowa Tijani, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Abuja Politico, Kirk Leigh and Editor, THE
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Most newsrooms in Nigeria have yet to incorporate AI as an official tool in news processing. This is part of the preliminary findings of a research on the “Use of Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms” by a group of researchers from the Department of Mass Communication, Plateau State University. Journalists sampled for the research, however, admitted
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced openings for Programmes, Communications and Storytelling roles in the organisation. The vacant positions include Associate Director (Programmes), Programme Manager, Programme Officer, Communication Manager, Digital Storytelling and Multimedia Officer, Digital Storytelling and Multimedia Officer and Innovation and Sustainability Associate. FULL DETAILS BELOW: Associate Director –
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The Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), in which Mrs. Ann Godwin, the South-South Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, participated in 2021, is supposed to have officially ended four years ago, but she continues to showcase the impact the training had on her till date.
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As a journalist at LightRay! Media, I’ve witnessed firsthand the impact of AI on our workflow and storytelling. In today’s fast-paced news environment, small newsrooms like ours face significant challenges in producing high-quality content while competing with larger media outlets. However, AI has been a game-changer for us, enabling us to streamline our processes,
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Journalists and media professionals from any news organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa have been invited to apply for the JournalismAI Academy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and powered by the Google News Initiative. June 15 is the deadline to apply for the five-week free online programme that offers journalists and media
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The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has held a 3-day virtual training to commence the AI and Tech Accountability Reporting Fellowship by the Nigeria AI Collective. This intensive training with journalists, researchers and technology experts featured expert-led and interactive sessions built around three core thematic areas: Foundations of AI Systems, Power, Policy, Disruption &
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AI was a major topic discussed by participants at the 3rd Nigerian Media Leaders’ Summit held recently in Abeokuta, Ogun State, which focused on the theme: Market Squared: Turning connections into Gold in the AI age. We asked TiTo, the AI Assistant, for the summit organised by Journalism Clinic on usage experiences shared by participants. Here’s a
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The public lecture delivered by the Executive Director of the International Press Centre, Mr Lanre Arogundade, on AI, Journalism and Press Freedom, at the 60th birthday celebration of Professor Tunde Akanni, Ph.D and Dr Omolade Sanni of Lagos State University (LASU) was not only insightful for my academic work but also impactful as it reflected the feedback
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