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African fact-checking awards set to reward investigative African reporters, students

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The African Fact-Checking Awards, now in their fourth edition are set up specifically to honour the best, non-partisan fact-checking journalism by working and student journalists on the continent. In their first year, 2014, the awards were won by two journalists from Ghana, and the runners-up came from Kenya and Zambia. In 2015, the winner came […]

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My new job came without me looking for it – Akioye

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Award-winning journalist, Seun Akioye recently resumed work as the Senior Media Officer of Abuja-based Centre for Communication Programs Nigeria (CCPN), which is focused on communication in social and behavioural change for development in Nigeria. In a chat with Kelechi Amakoh of www.mediacareerng.org ,the former Assistant Editor, Investigations of The Nation speaks on why he left the newspaper, his new

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Award, contest for journalism students worldwide

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Students pursuing a degree in medical or science journalism can receive an award to attend the world’s largest neuroscience meeting in Washington. The Society for Neuroscience will grant two Science Journalism Student Awards. The award includes free registration, four nights’ lodging and US$750 to defray additional costs. Each winner will receive guidance from a professional

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My NEXT Newspaper misadventure story by Dele Olojede

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International award-winning journalist and publisher of the defunct NEXT Newspaper, Dele Olojede in a recent Podcast  interview titled A conversation with Dele Olojede with Feyi Fawehinmi spoke extensively on his failed attempt to publish a national newspaper in Nigeria. Seventy five quotes from the interview by our Seye Joseph, MCS Special Contributor are reproduced below.

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How Maiduguri-based radio station is fighting Boko Haram through the airwaves

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Linus Unah, a freelance journalist writes about how the fight against insurgency is taken to the airwaves by Dandal Kura Radio International, a radio station based in Maiduguri. The idea behind the radio station broadcasting is that isolation helps propagate radicalisation, so providing information and giving an empowering voice to civilians helps reduce it. As the

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Job opening: Press and Public Affairs Officer

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 The Commonwealth office is calling for application for the position of press and public affairs officer and the job role is based in Lagos. The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer that values difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing their organisational capability. They welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds

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African women in media symposium to hold July 27

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African women in media symposium organized by Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is set to hold July 27,  at Birmingham City University.  The symposium aims to bring together African women working in the media, and academics in the field of media and communications concerned with media, diaspora, race, gender, representation, and African feminism. The objectives are to engage

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Meet UNILAG's first female Professor of Mass Communication

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Kelechi Amakoh writes on the well-deserved appointment of Dr Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika as the first female Professor of Mass Communication in the University of Lagos. On Monday, June 5, an erudite scholar, Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika joined the league of professors at the University of Lagos as the university administration confirmed her as a Professor of Mass Communication.

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Meet UNILAG’s first female Professor of Mass Communication

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Kelechi Amakoh writes on the well-deserved appointment of Dr Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika as the first female Professor of Mass Communication in the University of Lagos. On Monday, June 5, an erudite scholar, Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika joined the league of professors at the University of Lagos as the university administration confirmed her as a Professor of Mass Communication.

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Why I resigned editor’s job for Masters in Sports Administration

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Lolade Adewuyi, formerly of TELL Magazine and Goal.com last Friday, June 23 bagged a Masters degree in Sports Administration from the Russian International Olympic University. In this online interview, Adewuyi speaks on  his experience at the programme and what traditional journalists need to know and do to avoid becoming relic in the new media work

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