Five Nigerian journalists over the weekend won major awards at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2019 and the Continental Journalism Award on AU Charter. At the event held in Accra, Ghana, Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria emerged the overall winner for the AU Charter award. For the regional award, Cletus Umoh Ukpong of […]
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PwC Nigeria, a top professional service firm has reiterated the critical role the media plays in shaping Nigeria’s future and reaffirmed its commitment to promoting the quality of business reporting in Nigeria. The company stated this at its 2019 edition of the PwC Capability Enhancement workshop for journalists and Media Excellence Awards, which for four
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By Justina Asishana A Network to enhance communication between scientists and journalists in Nigeria, African Literacy Science Network has been launched Abuja. Launched in Abuja on Wednesday, the network is an initiative of TReND in Africa in collaboration with the University of Sussex, Francis Crick Institute (London), Yerwa Express-News and Science Communication Hub Nigeria. Seventy-four journalists and
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on basic requirements for writing a pitch for investigative reporting grants Most media houses no longer fund investigative reports as much as they should. Investigative Desks no longer exist and where they do, the staff hardly get their requests for travel allowance to investigate any major issues approved. In some cases, managements
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Tayo Ogunbiyi writes of the alleged presidential wedding that didn’t happen. It is no longer news that the much-hyped social media-induced ‘wedding of the year’ between President Muhammadu Buhari and Hajia Sadia Umar Farouq, the current Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management is nothing but a hoax. Recall that social media promoters of the
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Blaise Aboh, graduate of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Technology tells his amazing story of becoming a citizen data scientist which involves exploring the impact of Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Data Analytics and Journalism. My story as an Engineer who became known for Data Visualization and Storytelling cannot be told without mentioning my later father,
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Oyinlola Awonuga Grants to support investigative stories on corruption in Nigeria are available for qualified and passionate investigative print, electronic and online journalists. The grants as part of the Upright4Nigeria campaign of the Strengthening Citizens’ Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C) are from four sectors: Education, Health, Power, and Tax Administration in Akwa-Ibom, Borno, Enugu,
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By Oyinlola Awonuga The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, for the 14th edition of its Investigative Reporting award. The award according to the organisers is an annual programme of WSCIJ, that seeks to honour journalism works with a focus on
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Oyinlola Awonuga Female journalists in Nigeria have been advised on how to make a success of their career despite the various challenges in the industry and gender limitations. The advice was offered at the 5th edition of the Women in Journalism (WIJ) conference held in Lagos on October 5, 2019 with the theme “Action Journalism:
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Adeyemi Temitayo kehinde and Bankole-Bawa Ademola, both Mass Communication Students from Ajayi Crowther University last week completed their internship with Media Career Development Network. They wrote about what they learnt and their experience below. Adeyemi The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN) Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin made me understand the basics of writing with
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