Lekan Otufodunrin

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Election coverage : Safety-Alert contacts for journalists

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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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70th birthday tribute for Dangogo PR Fellow

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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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19 female journalists inducted Leadership programme fellows

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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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Sponsored opportunity to report on the global energy

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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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Female student journalists get scholarship

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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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Safety, health tips for journalists covering elections

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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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How lack of evaluation is killing Public Relations

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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

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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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Vacancies in new TV station

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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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Workplace career-growth tips for female journalists

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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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