By Rhoda Olorunfemi Winners have emerged for the 2016 edition of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting (WSCIJR) awards. Editor of the TheCable, Fisayo Soyombo, won the ‘Nigeria Investigative Journalist of the year’ for the Online category with his story “Forgotten Soldiers”. He beat Femi Owolabi also of TheCable’s, who was the runner up […]
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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Four Nigerian journalists have emerged winners at the Zimeo Excellence in Media 2016 edition award held in Kenya last week. The awards was organised by the African Media Initiative. The Nigerian Journalists who won in various categories are: Hannah Ojo of The Nation, Animal Resources and Fish
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Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist highlights three investigative reports that resulted in action being taken by the authorities concerned. On December 1, 2016, the National Board for Technical Education ( NBTE) announced the indictment and sacking of 12 lecturers of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi for sex- for- marks and other related offences.
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* A 2014 graduate of Mass Communication wins £1000 prize in a journalism award in 2016 and you tell me there is no money in journalism, give me a break. * Many journalists are not poor because they are not well paid, many are simply blind to ethical opportunities to make money in the profession.
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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Winners have emerged for the 2016 edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) awards held on December 3 in Lagos. Majority of the winners were from The PUNCH and The NATION newspapers. Winners from The PUNCH included, Editor of The Punch, Mr. Martin Ayankola, won Editor of the Year,
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QUALIFICATION: A minimum of BA Degree (2nd Class Lower) in English and a Diploma in Marketing from an approved University. EXPERIENCE: At least 5-year hands-on experience in the publishing/Printing Media. Must be able to edit and transcribe messages on both Audio and text format, as well as publish books. Able to create an environment
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Seun Akioye, Assistant Editor, The Nation newspapers during the December 2016 Media Career Q&A shares his view on what makes an award-winning story. I am much flattered. I cannot claim to be an expert at this but I will offer what I have noticed. The first thing I always say is to always put all
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Femi Babatunde, Communication specialist explains the benefits of media awards for journalists I must say that media awards surely play important roles in advancing the careers of journalists. Interestingly, only recently, a study was conducted in preparation for the Dimond Awards for Media Excellence, DAME’s, Silver Jubilee. The thrust of the study bothered on knowing
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Executive Director of International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Dayo Aiyetan responds on opportunities offered by his organisation and other media Non-Governmental Organisations. As for journalists maximising ICIR opportunities, I can think of several. Training: We do a lot of training in Investigative and Data Journalism. Some of the people I have seen on this
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Considering how broad Mass Communication is, Adediwura Aderibigbe, Digital media journalist outlines skills relevant needed by all Mass Communication graduates regardless of areas specialisation. Be computer literate. This goes beyond the ability to start up and shut down a computer system and browse the Internet. Own a blog Let your social media platforms give an
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