Lekan Otufodunrin

RESEARCH

PAMRO conference: Call for media audience research papers

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Individuals and institutions interested in presenting findings from media audience research activities and/or relevant case studies have been invited to participate in the 19th PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference. PAMRO’s contact email for the conference is pamro.africa@gmail.com The conference is scheduled to hold from 26 – 28 August 2018 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The […]

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Imam Iman Sokoto Governor’s spokesman is dead

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Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs to Sokoto State Governor, Imam Imam is dead. The former Group Political Editor of THISDAY Newspapers died on Friday, April 27. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Imam died around 3.am at the Nziamye Turkish Hospital Abuja after a brief illness on Friday. The younger brother, Abubakar

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IPC launches Internet rights initiative for launch May 2

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World Press Freedom Day: IPC to launch Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI); calls for prompt Presidential assent of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill The Nigerian Journalists Internet Rights Initiative (NJIRI) is to be launched on May 2 to mark the 2018 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). Director of International Press Centre (IPC), Mr.

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Internet

6th Internet Freedom Forum holds in Abuja

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By Tajudeen Adebanjo The 6th edition of the Internet Freedom Forum (IFF) will commence on Monday, April 23 in Abuja. Organised by Paradigm Initiative, the three-day event, which holds at NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, is supported by Microsoft, Ford Foundation, Google, Facebook, Civicus among others. Session organisers at the forum include Amnesty International (AI), Web

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How to be a journalist in 2018 and beyond

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Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist writes on what it takes to be a journalist in the new media age. A day ahead of 2018 International Women’s Day celebration, (IWD) I asked a young female journalist what her plans were for the day. Surprised by the question which she never expected, she responded that she was

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Health

HEALTH TIMES, health news website launched

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HEALTH TIMES-an integrated news website, wholly dedicated to reporting the Nigerian health sector has been launched The website, www.healthtimes.ng according to the Founder/ Editor-In-Chief, Kingsley Obom-Egbulem would cover the Nigerian health sector like never before. “From communicable to non-communicable diseases, medical tourism, public health epidemics, infant and maternal health, epidemiology of and health promotion, activities in

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Media perception and Nigeria peace index

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By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Mention five states in Nigeria that are considered not peaceful based on public perception? That was the question that shaped the private conversation I had with two veteran media personalities and crisis communication experts this past week. It was an unplanned discussion about the role of media in communicating events and

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BBC to launch mentorship, internship scheme

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is to launch a mentorship and internship scheme for the next generation of West African journalists. Jamie Angus, Director of the BBC World Service, announced the plan at the launch of the station’s new bureau in Lagos, home to three new services in Igbo, Pidgin, and Yoruba. He said the

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‘How journalists should prepare for life after newsroom’

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Former Senior Correspondent of Punch Newspapers Bosede Olusola-Obasa is now CEO, 1st Royal Character & Values Ltd – a social capital (character) development and management company. The host of MIND YOUR CHARACTER with Bosede Olusola-Obasa, on Inspiration 92.3fm, Lagos recently marked the first year anniversary of her radio programme. In this interview with mediacareerng.org, she

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Onwuwere tops Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

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Odimegwu Onwuwere of Africa Prime News has won the Pan African Journalist of the Year Award for the 2018 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards sponsored by Continental Reinsurance. He emerged the overall winner of the three categories of the award at a Gala dinner held during Continental Reinsurance’s CEO Summit held on April 9th 2018

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