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‘How we held impactful online training during the lockdown’

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Adenike Fagbemi, a brand strategist at NixxHash Communications, media consultant, content specialist and journalist in this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, shares her experience of organising very successful online training during the lockdown over the COVID-19. What informed your decision to organise a series of online training during this lockdown? The disruption happened and we […]

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COVID-19: Media, storytelling and social mindset

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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the role of media, storytellers and content producers in the campaign against the spread of COVID-19 Apart from medical professionals, if there is one other major group of professionals that should play a crucial role in curbing the pandemic we all have on our hands globally, it is media professionals, including

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IPC launches Advisory for COVID-19 reporting

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Journalists in Nigeria covering the COVID-19 pandemic now have access to an advisory launched by the International Press Center, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, on Wednesday. The advisory, divided into three parts – Safety, Ethics and Professionalism and Social Responsibility is to guide journalists in reporting various aspects of Coronavirus. The Executive Director of IPC, Mr Lanre Arogundade,

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Getting a story from my first Zoom experience

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Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, Head of Education desk of The Nation Newspapers shares her first experience using Zoom. With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting opportunities for physical events, I realised that I had to rely more on technology to get my stories. I also realised that I couldn’t just limit myself to covering my beat – Education –

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What our print media must do to survive – Obe

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Following the recent call by the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists for defaulting media houses to pay salaries of its members, we asked Founder/Director at The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe options for media houses and journalists considering the state of the industry. His short and sharp answers are below. MC: The

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What I have learnt working for international media organisations – Soyinka

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Adejuwon Soyinka, a 2019 Emmy Awards nominee, is Regional Editor (West Africa) The Conversation Africa. Before his present appointment, he was Editor/Head, BBC Pidgin Service at BBC World Service, Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Ogun State Governor, Deputy General Editor, TELL and Editor, www.tell.ng at Tell Magazine. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin,

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Pay journalists’ salaries, Lagos NUJ urges four media houses

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The Lagos State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lamented the plight of its members who are being owed salaries by their employers. The Chairman of the Council, Dr Quasim Akinreti in a statement titled COVID-19 Pandemic: Where Are The Friends Of Lagos Journalists ? on Sunday, said some media owners have

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When the pandemic ends: Counting our losses

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Blaise Aboh, Lead Partner, Orodata Science(ODS) writes on the grim reality of the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. As of 8th April, the global Coronavirus cases according to Worldometer stand at 1,432,409, the number of deaths at 82,114, number of recoveries at 302,303. Active cases are 1,047,992, that is, patients that are currently infected. 95 per cent

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The Guardian staff await board’s decision on suspended appointments

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Staff of The Guardian Newspapers are awaiting the final verdict of the Board of Directors of the company on the recent editorial appointments in the company which were suspended. In the recent appointments announced in a memo dated March 20, new Editor-in-Chief, Editor Daily and Weekend Editor were named along with some others. The reorganisation

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