For those who may not be aware, Opera News last year signed on some writers to contribute to its platform at an agreed fee. Payment for freelance contributions is not new, but only very few media houses in the country presently pay writers. The terms and conditions the contributors were supposed to sign were not […]
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The Pan Atlantic University (PAU) has announced admission for Masters Programme in Media and Communication, for the 2020/2021 (full time) and 2020/2022 (part-time). Admission requirements are first degree in a relevant discipline (minimum of second class lower division) candidates, while an HND (Higher National Diploma) holder or its equivalent must possess a post-graduate diploma from a
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The Quote for the Day on the Twitter handle of Media Career Development Network @mediacareerngr on Thursday, March 12, 2020, was adapted from an article by Rebecca Tee, a top Career Management Expert on why professionals should take personal responsibility for their career. The quote stated that journalists are quick to accuse their employers of
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Journalists who have written and published articles on fertility between January 2019-January 31st, 2020 have been invited to apply for the NORDICA MEDIA MERIT AWARDS 2020. Applicants should upload published articles on https://www.nmma.com.ng or send printed copies to 2A Adeniyi, Jones Alaba Johnson Crescent, off Ikeja, Lagos. Submission for the print, broadcast and digital categories
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From her Minna, Niger State base where she is the Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Justina Asishana has been selected for major international and national journalism fellowships, grants and conferences. They include: * Fellowship to attend the Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017 * International Centre For Journalists (ICFJ) Safety Fellowship 2018 * Dubawa Fact-checking Fellowship
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Ag. Deputy Director of Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to two of his mentors in his media career. Mentors come as rainbow, in different colours, all appealing. Their roles in our lives remain the same. They give us direction. They bring out the best in us. They lead us out of
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Blessing Oladunjoye, Publisher, BONews reports on the recent conference on improving and regulating reporting of women in West Africa. The Regulation of media content has been identified as one of the effective keys to achieving positive reporting of women in the media in West Africa. Concerned by the underreporting of women in the media in
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Journalists seeking employment need to pay attention to essential skills media houses want from staff they want to employ. Having the relevant certificates may just not be enough if you don’t have the enhanced skills outlined in current vacancies by media houses. Even for journalists who have been long on the job, they need to
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Three top media houses, The Punch, Daily Trust and BusinessDay have vacancies for interested applicants. Daily Trust is seeking to employ a full-time Sub-Editor, while The Punch has vacancies for Investigative reporters, Copy editors, mobile App developer and Project Accountant. BusinessDay requires graduate trainees. Details of the vacancies and requirements are as follows: DAILY TRUST
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Former Head of Audience Engagement at BusinessDay Newspaper, Yvette Uloma Dimiri is now the Growth Editor of Stears Business. In this interview with Media Career, Dimiri who says she loves day-dreaming and talking about the future of Media speaks about her stay in BusinessDay, the need for improving audience engagement and other issues. You
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