Winners have emerged in the 2019 PwC Media Excellence Awards to celebrate and reward excellence in Business Reporting in Nigeria. The winners of the various categories announced at the award ceremony in Lagos on Friday night are : Bayo Akinloye formerly of THISDAY: SMEs Reporting Still load: How slow Internet speed under-develops Nigeria’s economy, stifles […]
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Contributing Editor, Tunde Abatan, writes on the mixed fortunes of journalists who have served as media aides in government at federal and state levels and what those aspiring to take similar jobs should expect. If a former editor of a national newspaper who prefers not to be named is asked for advice by any senior
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How can journalists and other media professionals in Nigeria benefit from the $6.3 journalism and media grant to nine media organisations and institution to advance anti-corruption efforts announced by The MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday? Instead of ignoring or just reading the story, below are a few things journalists can do to enhance their careers through
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All is set for the 5th Women in Journalism Africa 2019 Conference (WIJAfrica) The program with the theme Action Journalism: Women on the frontlines is scheduled to hold on October 5, 2019 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Nigeria. The organisers in a statement said the aim of the conference is to advance the conversation around
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By Oyinlola Awonuga The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has called for entries in twenty-two categories for its 2019 edition. The categories according to an announcement by the organizers include Agriculture Reporting, Anti-Corruption Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper, Business Reporting, Insurance Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Judicial Reporting and Lagos Reporting. Others are Nutritional Reporting, Sports Reporting,
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Nine media organisations and institution in Nigeria have been granted more than $6.3 journalism and media funding to advance anti-corruption efforts in the country by the MacArthur Foundation. The grantees include Bayero University, Kano, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting, Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, Daily Trust Foundation and International Centre for Investigative Reporting. Others are
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By Lekan Otufodunrin Journalism teachers should stop telling their students that studying Mass Communication is equal to signing a pact with poverty. I just read My Dossier: A celebration of 20 years in Christian Journalism by Wole Olarinde, publisher of Christian Benefit Magazine in which he recalled what one of his lecturer at The Polytechnic,
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that firm and decisive action against any action that infringes on the rights of other citizens or threatens to undermine our National Security, Oyinlola Awonuga reports. Buhari who gave the warning in his Independence Day broadcast on Tuesday said the federal government is increasingly focusing on cyber-crimes and abuse of
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Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief of The Straits Times on how journalists and newsrooms contribute to the societies they are meant to serve. Day by day, our fast-changing world grows more complex, confusing and challenging. The United States is at odds with China. The planet is getting warmer faster. Technology is disrupting just about every industry, from
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Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief, The Straits Times writes that Credible content that audiences value and new sources of revenue needed to sustain newsrooms The poster boy for robust health in the media industry used to have decidedly Indian features. Even as their counterparts elsewhere languished, Indian media houses were once busy launching new titles, snapping up
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