Sekinah Lawal, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) is a distinguished journalist whose outstanding performance in the various positions she has held in her career confirms that women are as capable as their male counterparts in the media profession. In commemoration of the 2109 International Women’s Day, […]
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Cokey Ugonma, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) is an accomplished journalist whose outstanding performance in the various positions she has held in her career confirms that women are as capable as their male counterparts in the media profession. In commemoration of the 2109 International Women’s Day,
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Gender audit of major newspapers in Nigeria by Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach in commemoration of the 2019 International Women’s Day confirms that only very few women occupy top editorial positions in the country. JFC calls for conscious efforts to redress the imbalance and give more women the opportunity to be involved in major
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Funmi Falobi, Lead/Editor of Social Development News in this special report to commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day writes on the need to have more women in the management of media houses in Nigeria. World over, the society has put the men in more advantageous positions over the women. The situation is even worse
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The Nigeria media, like in other parts of the world, have always been accused of not being gender sensitive in terms of reportage of women issues, the inclusion of women voices in reports and appointment of women in management positions. Our Correspondent, Rhoda Olorunfemi interviewed professional journalists on what can be done to achieve the
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Asejere, an indigenous tabloid in Yoruba language has hit the newsstands The publication according to the publishers will focus on connecting and promoting commerce and entrepreneurs among the people in the south-west region of the country. The acting Editor of the newspaper, Ms. Sinmisola Ajadi said the newspaper will be an addition to the indigenous
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Organizers of the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize the European Commission from the office of International Cooperation and Development has invited applications from journalists in over 160 partner countries with which the European Union engages on development and cooperation to submit entries for this year’s prize between 18 February and 14 April 2019. The theme for
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News used to be defined as a true report of an event. Not anymore with many false publications on various online platforms to mislead the public. Indiscriminate publication of fake news has become a major issue requiring urgent solutions. Rhoda Oluwatosin interviewed a cross-section of experienced journalists on what can be done to stop the
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Thinking of witing content for various platforms, Olaolu Olowu, versatile content writer writes on the skills you need accomplish your aspiration. If you’re reading this content, then you probably want to be a content writer. Or perhaps, you hope to become one someday, right? However, wanting to be a content writer is not enough, being
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Ahead of the rescheduled general election, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has released contacts of Saftey Alert Officers for journalists under threat while performing their duties to contact in various zones of the country. The contact details of the team are as follows: Lanre Arogundade (Director, IPC) – 08023186845 Melody Akinjiyan (Safety Alert Officer, IPC)
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