The Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), in which Mrs. Ann Godwin, the South-South Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, participated in 2021, is supposed to have officially ended four years ago, but she continues to showcase the impact the training had on her till date. […]
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As a journalist at LightRay! Media, I’ve witnessed firsthand the impact of AI on our workflow and storytelling. In today’s fast-paced news environment, small newsrooms like ours face significant challenges in producing high-quality content while competing with larger media outlets. However, AI has been a game-changer for us, enabling us to streamline our processes,
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Journalists and media professionals from any news organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa have been invited to apply for the JournalismAI Academy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and powered by the Google News Initiative. June 15 is the deadline to apply for the five-week free online programme that offers journalists and media
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The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has held a 3-day virtual training to commence the AI and Tech Accountability Reporting Fellowship by the Nigeria AI Collective. This intensive training with journalists, researchers and technology experts featured expert-led and interactive sessions built around three core thematic areas: Foundations of AI Systems, Power, Policy, Disruption &
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AI was a major topic discussed by participants at the 3rd Nigerian Media Leaders’ Summit held recently in Abeokuta, Ogun State, which focused on the theme: Market Squared: Turning connections into Gold in the AI age. We asked TiTo, the AI Assistant, for the summit organised by Journalism Clinic on usage experiences shared by participants. Here’s a
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The public lecture delivered by the Executive Director of the International Press Centre, Mr Lanre Arogundade, on AI, Journalism and Press Freedom, at the 60th birthday celebration of Professor Tunde Akanni, Ph.D and Dr Omolade Sanni of Lagos State University (LASU) was not only insightful for my academic work but also impactful as it reflected the feedback
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JournoTECH, a tech department of Colonist Report, UK and Africa, has launched NewsAssist AI, a new AI-powered assistant offering various tools to transform workflow. Specifically, according to the Chief Innovation Officer Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi, NewsAssist AI was built with journalists in mind to ease the struggles of news production and speed up editorial workflows. The web
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From June 1, 2025, Media Career Development Network will commence the publication of Nigeria MediaAI Insight, a weekly publication on development, use, adoption and prospects of artificial intelligence in the Nigeria media and beyond. The possibility of using AI for virtually every aspect of human endeavours is a reality that can no longer be ignored.
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Late Adejumobi Adegbite, in whose honour the United States Consulate, Lagos and the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) recently launched a Fellowship for Young Journalists was an accomplished digital communication specialist. He was an information specialist at the United States Department when he died in July 2023. He began my career as a young journalist, but
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May 28, 2025, marks the 14th anniversary of the signing of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill into law in Nigeria by former President Goodluck Jonathan. The landmark legislation, achieved after more than a decade of advocacy led by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and other civil society allies, was a victory for transparency, democracy,
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