Rotimi Sankore, an accomplished Journalist, media trainer, development expert and human rights advocate is dead. A statement by his family signed by Deji Dosunmu confirmed that he died on Friday, April 12th after a hard fight with cancer surrounded by loved ones. Sankore who until his death was Executive Director/Editor in Chief of the Africa […]
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Four Nigerian journalists have been nominated in different categories of the 9th Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards celebrating talent in African journalism covering the re/insurance industry. Nike Popoola of The Punch Newspaper, Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria, Afeez Hanafi of Daily Trust and G.U Chukwu of Daily Review Online were nominated in the English broadcast,
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UPDATED! Artificial Intelligence has significantly affected journalism and research. Its use continuously blurs the line between truth and falsehoods as it also helps to enhance productivity in journalism when used ethically. The sustained increase in their innovation and sophistication has made the understanding and mastery of its use for journalists more important than ever. Our
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A member of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter of the Nigeria Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ) Emmanuel Oluwadola has won the OUR PUNCH YEARS book essay competition for mass communication students and campus journalists nationwide. Oluwadola was announced as the winner of the competition on Monday by organisers of the competition on OUR
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Editor of Dubawa, a Nigerian fact-checking and investigative journalism platform, Kemi Busari has won the 2024 edition of the Micheal Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, a year after another Nigerian journalist Kunle Adebajo of HumAngle won as a co-winner. Busari is the fifth Nigerian journalist to have won the continental award given out
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Longlists of the 2024 One World Media Awards have been released and works by Nigerian journalists and media houses featured in different categories of the award. Journalist and media trainer, Zubaida Baba Ibrahim, Investigation Editor, HumAngle, ‘Kunle Adebajo, Editor of Republic Journal, Wale Lawal and media houses like Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Social Justice(FIJ)
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The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TVC Communications, Victoria Abiola Ajayi has published a new book ‘The Precision-Led Woman – A Definitive Guide to Landing Leadership Positions’’ ‘The Precision-Led Woman’ to be launched on March 29 is said to be a guidebook and roadmap aimed at empowering women to excel in leadership
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A data journalism project by HumAngle’s Mansir Muhammed has been selected among the ten winners of the Sigma Awards 2024 celebrating outstanding data journalism projects done globally. Mansir Muhammed’s work using satellite image analysis and other open-source intelligence to reveal the mass grave of victims of insurgency in the northeast was published alongside an extensive
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The panel of judges of the prestigious Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting have offered more insights on the requirements for a winning entry for the competition. The panel consisting of seasoned journalists and media scholars at a recent Question & Answer session explained in more detail what they look out for when selecting winners
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