By Shefali Rekhi Forty newsrooms celebrated the positive impact of professional journalism on their communities on World News Day (WND) on Saturday (Sept 28).Two new titles joined the initial 38 on the eve of the day: Publico, a Portuguese national newspaper and The Telegraph of India.Newsrooms around the world, including two from Nigeria, The Nation and […]
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In commemoration of the World News Day, we asked our interns, Oloruntimilehin Ayomide and Adeyemi Temitayo , to speak to with fellow students on the importance of news to them. Excerpts from the interviews reproduced below: ADEOLA DANIEL OLUWASEGUN, Tai Solarin University of Education How important is news to you? News to me is a
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Following recent appointments at the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, the media house now has three female title editors. They are Raliat Ahmed-Yusuf, Daily Editor, Bukola Ogunsina, Sunday Editor and Victoria Omuya Usman, Friday Editor. Ahmed-Yusuf, a graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, joined the newspaper in 2006 as a Proof Reader and later served as
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The Board of Directors, Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph Newspaper, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodele Aminu as the new Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the media house. Aminu whose appointment takes immediate effect takes over from the former MD/EIC, Mrs Funke Egbemode who has been nominated as Commissioner-designate in Osun
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Three accomplished journalists have been named as new members of the Board of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos following the reconstitution of its Governing Board. The new members named ahead of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the organization in October are Provost of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye,
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What does it take to become a leader in the newsroom? Lekan Otufodunrin offers some nuggets for aspiring journalists Know your job very well and do it even if you are not acknowledged. It will count for you sooner or later in your organization or somewhere else. Do more than you are assigned to do
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on some of the thoughts shared at the Media Leaders Summit organised by Journalism Clinic held at TCC Resort and Conference Centre, Ogun State, September 16-17, 2019 I wasn’t at the first Media Leaders’ summit held by Journalism Clinic headed by Mr Taiwo Obe, but in my usual way of not missing
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Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Nigeria who has written for many international publications including African Arguments, International Journalists’ Network [IJNet], Global Investigative Journalism Network [GIJN], Ozy, BRIGHT Magazine, Scrap magazine, Ft’s This is Africa, National Catholic Reporter, Global Sisters Report, Catholic Herald and Jewish Women Archive. In this interview with Media Career
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What has journalism got to do with Artificial Intelligence? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the skills that will define the future of the media profession. In the heat of the arguments on the appointment of Seun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT as Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Budget and Planning, a journalist made a
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Climate Tracker is hiring 20 photographers for a documentary project. Successful candidates will cover environmental issues for up to two weeks between October 2019 and April 2020. Photographers from the following countries are eligible to apply: Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Djibouti, Chad, Mozambique, Sudan, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New
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