Tunde Abatan writes on the 6th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN ) held on the state of the media in Abeokuta, Ogun State last week When communication scholars and professionals in Nigeria gathered in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last week for their 6th Annual Conference with the Theme: National […]
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Wale Fatade reviews media reporting in Nigeria and says “our journalism is bland and devoid of the humanity and empathy that can and might, galvanize citizens into action.” Two recent happenings reminded me of my pet theory of “humanizing” journalism practice in Nigeria. Pardon me if humanizing journalism sounds oxymoronic, after all, what is
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The Nigerian “Press Council” in March 1998 organised the Ilorin Forum, where the Nigerian Press Organisation formally ratified this new Code of practice for Nigerian journalists. The code is reproduced below: PREAMBLE Journalism entails a high degree of public trust. To earn and maintain this trust, it is morally imperative for every journalist and
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Application for the first instalment of The Future of Work Classes (TFWC) 1.0 tagged “Journalism AI, Storytelling and Content” is now open for media practitioners, storytellers and content creators. The training by Orodata Science and Civic Tech through its learning arm – Orodata Learn, is to address issues and concerns on the rapidly changing nature
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An award-winning Nigerian poet, essayist, translator and author of short stories, Mr. Tade Ipadeola, has been selected to participate in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency. The residency will be at the University of Iowa, courtesy of the United States Department of State. The Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General, Lagos
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A foundation to train indigent journalists has been set up by the retired Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Folarin Adeyemi. Adeyemi announced the setting up of the foundation on Monday at his 6oth birthday and retirement from the state civil service. He said the foundation is his way of
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Lagos NUJ Chairman, Dr Qasim Akinreti pays tribute to Mr Fola Adeyemi who recently retired from the Lagos State Civil service. Effectively Monday, September 2, 2019, the curtains are drawn and files closed on a memorable and remarkable 35 years of public service at the Ministry of Information and Strategy for ‘Uncle Fola Adeyemi”. He came,
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Abdussalam Amoo, editor of educeleb.com writes on sources of data needed by journalists for investigative reports The inclusion of data visualisation in news reports is necessary to ensure a better understanding of reports by journalists. At the Hacks/Hackers meetup organised by Code for Africa on Saturday, 31st August 2019 in Lagos, participants were taken through sourcing data
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Oloruntimilehin Ayomide, an intern with Media Career Development Network (MCDN), from Lagos State Polytechnic, writes on his experience during a visit to The Nation Newspapers headquarters in Lagos As an intern, I had my first media advocacy tour experience with the Journalists for Christ (JFC) team that visited The Nation Newspapers office in Lagos on
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Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust Newspapers, has commenced the setting up of a national television station. The plan was contained in a statement by the Board of Directors of the company over the weekend announcing five new appointments in the editorial department. The former editor of the Daily Trust on Saturday Abdulkareem
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