Sexual harassment in newsrooms was one of the major topics of discussion on the first day of the Africa Women in Media conference which began in Nairobi on Thursday. Various speakers and contributors shared their experiences and called for a break in the silence and stoppage of the act. Read below some of the tweets […]
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African women in the media have been urged to effectively showcase their talents and not limit themselves by trying to conform to norms. Entrepreneur and filmmaker, Biola Alabi who is CEO of Biola Alabi Media gave the advice in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday in her keynote address at the opening of the 2019 African Women
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Gabriel Ogunjobi, a participant at the Future News Worldwide 2019 conference in London shares his notes on various issues discussed on how to tell compelling stories to make the world a better place. The uniformed and glowing passion in the hearts of the young journalists across fifty-three countries at the Future News Worldwide (FNW) 2019
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Assistant Director with Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to his mentors in journalism Joke Kujenya is a fantastic female journalist who has put more than three decades into the pen-pushing craft. She’s also gone round most of the big newspapers in the country, dead or surviving with many awards and laurels to her
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Daniel Whyte, one of the three Nigerians who participated in the recent Future News Worldwide annual conference shares his experience and lessons learnt. The Future News Worldwide is an annual conference for passionate students or young journalists between the age of 18-25. The conference is organised by the British Council in partnership with some world-leading
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Channels Television has confirmed the death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Precious Owolabi serving with the organization. The 23-year-old was said to have died of a gunshot wound he sustained while covering the clash between the police and the Shiite protesters on Monday in Abuja. The management and
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Applications are open for the 2019 African Investigative Journalism Conference at Wits University. The African Investigative Journalism Conference is the premier annual gathering of African investigative journalists – a three-day international conference that focuses exclusively on investigative journalism. Highlights of the conference include skills training sessions, networking, promoting, collaboration and in-depth accounts of major investigative stories.
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Judy Nguta, Audience Development Manager of Conversation Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya was recently in Nigeria during which Lekan Otufodunrin and Rhoda Olorunfemi spoke with her on the operations of her organisation and other media issues. Tell us more about The Conversation Africa The Conversation Africa is a collaboration between journalists and the academic community.
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Mr Kunle Ajibade, Executive Director of TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS, read this review at the public presentation of Lanre Arogundade’s Media and Election: Professional Responsibilities of Journalists on 16 July 2019 in Lagos. Exactly forty years ago last month, one of Nigeria’s best journalists and editors, the assassinated Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, wrote a piece in
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