Lekan Otufodunrin

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#FNW19 : Writing compelling stories for a better world

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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journalism

From journalism classroom to the newsroom: Toast to my masters

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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conference

Conference every student journalist should aspire to attend

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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African Investigative Journalism Conference 2019

Apply: Fellowships for the African Investigative Journalism Conference

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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Conversation

‘How The Conversation Africa is providing more access to academic research’

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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reporting

Ensuring excellent political reporting

  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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media

Who covers the media?

  Wale Fatade in this piece wonders why journalists choose to see no evil and hear no evil whenever changes are effected in another media organisation. The sack of two editors of The Punch newspapers last week attracted barely a whimper in the media. Except for one or two online newspapers, no other medium thought

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