Three journalists have been appointed into various positions in Nasarawa state by Governor Umaru Al-Makura. The appointees as Mr Musa Elayo, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor; and Mr Yahuza Idris, the Chairman of Lafia Local Government Interim Management Committee (IMC). The third appointee is Mr Tukura Matthew, a member of the Karu […]
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A mobile and multimedia journalism training was recently organised for about 100 media practitioners in the country, Tolulope Lawani who participated in one of the four sessions of the programme, writes on six ways journalists can improve their stories on social media. The training tagged #AirtelChangeYourStory by a media training outfit, Journalism Clinic headed by
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How can the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and other media groups in the country be better administered to become successful professional and business brands and not continue to depend on political patronage? Editor-in-Chief of The Interview Magazine, Azubuike Ishiekwene in his keynote address at the 2017 Editors Conference held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
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In the last twenty years, many newspapers and magazines have stopped publishing for various reasons. Managing Director of The Interview Magazine, Azubuike Ishikwene in his keynote address at the recently held 2017 Editors conference listed 25 defunct newspapers and magazines. The publications are as follows – Diet – National Interest – Tempo – Fame – Financial Standard – Hints – Concord – Sketch
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The 5th Anniversary Lecture of New Express will hold in Lagos, on Thursday, September 28, 2017 with Serial ICT entrepreneur Leo Stan Ekeh as Chairman. News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna announced the details of the lecture in a press statement. “We are honoured to have Chief Ekeh, Chairman of foremost Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
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A Senior Reporter of the Daily Trust Newspapers, Nurudeen Adeyinka Oyewole recently emerged as the first Nigerian and sub-saharan African journalist to win the East-West journalism fellowship in United States. Oyewole, based in Lagos is one of the 14 other international journalists selected from Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. Since the journalism fellowship began in
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is accepting applications for its Reporting Fellowship on Migration and Climate Change. The Fellowship is open to journalists from Nigeria who will take part in two half-day virtual workshops on covering SDGs, with a focus on climate and migration. Based on the stories produced after the workshop, Fellows will be
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In response to my facebook post titled See Newspapers, See Wahala, which highlighted the alarming decline in purchase of newspapers, based on a church programme I attended, some respondents noted that journalists and media managers may be guilty of contributing to ‘killing’ their products. So, instead of lamenting our plight and blaming the new media,
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In response to my facebook post titled See Newspapers, See Wahala, which highlighted the alarming decline in purchase of newspapers, based on a church programme I attended, some respondents noted that journalists and media managers may be guilty of contributing to ‘killing’ their products. So, instead of lamenting our plight and blaming the new media,
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Lecturers drawn from local and foreign universities, journalists, among others, on Wednesday evening in Lagos rose from a two-day conference listing values the media must embrace to perform its role as watchdog creditably. The conference, which featured paper presentations and reviews by discussants, had the theme “Watchdogs or Captured Media? A Study of the Role
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