Nigerian Writer and PR Practitioner, Yishau Shuaib in a Facebook post on February 21 paid tribute to foremost Corporate Communication and Public Relations in Africa, Mallam Kabir Dangogo FNIPR on his 70th birthday. Shuaibu aptly described Dangogo as one of the finest and doyen of the profession in the post titled HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PR FELLOW @70 “He hardly celebrates […]
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Nineteen female journalists have been inducted as Fellows of the ReportWomen! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. They were inducted at the Fellowship Award Ceremony held on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 in Lagos where three of the fellows were awarded prizes. Adejoke Fayemi (Ray Power, Kaduna) was the
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The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) Media Fellowship is offering aspiring journalists from all over the world the opportunity to be in Berlin in April and enjoy a full week of cutting-edge policy discussions, site visits and networking with the energy sector. The fellowship is connected to the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue conference (#betd2019, energydialogue.berlin)
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By Samuel Okike Daria Media has granted scholarship to six female student journalists under the 2019 Mamman Marshal Scholarship for Women in Journalism (MMSWJ). The scholarship will cover tuition and accommodation for the recipients selected from Bayero University, Lagos State University and the University of Uyo. In a press release, Daira Media explained that the
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Journalists have been advised to wear relevant accreditation tags and stay safe while covering the general elections starting on Saturday. Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Mr. Lanre Arogundade gave the advice at the presentation of a report of newspaper monitoring of print and online newspapers of the 2019 electoral process carried out by
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Gilbert Alasa, a Media & Communications Professional writes on the need for Public Relations companies to begin to explore multiple valuation metrics to measure the effectiveness of PR campaigns. “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a deadline and, finally, the measurement of results” – Peter F. Drucker
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About Media Career Development Network (MCDN) Media Career Development Network is a media Non-Governmental Organisation registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission. Founded by Journalist and Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin, the members of Board of Trustees are: Dr Oloruntola Sunday, (Chairman) Associate Professor of Mass Communication, University of Lagos. Alhaji Yusuf
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Job Vacancy A newly TV station located in Lagos is set to begin operation and seeks to recruit staff to fill some roles in the media organisation. 1. Channel Manager 2. Head, Research/Content Development/Programmes 3. Head, Production Services 4. Head, Engineering 5. Head, Business Development 6. Head, Commercial 7. Head, Finance & Accounts 8. Head,
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By Kenneth Affor Female journalists have been advised to belong to relational groups in their organizations to be more effective at work and ensure their career growth. The advice was offered by panellists at a session at the Social Media Week Lagos which ended on February 8, 2019. Funke Treasure, Assistant Director for programmes, Radio Nigeria
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The Women Media Leaders’ Bootcamp organized by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) recently held in Kenya. The Bootcamp was attended by female journalists from across the continent. Rhoda Olorunfemi compiles tweets to note from the conference. @newspaperworld #womeninnews #IWMFAGL #mediamanagement #Kenya #mentoring #leadership @cgicherul1- I don’t believe in asking for advancement- it’s mine
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