By Tolulope Lawani At Women in Journalism Conference 2017, a number of leading media practitioner left indelible imprints on the hearts of many budding female journalists like me. One of such impressions was by when the pioneer of the first female-centrist radio station in Nigeria, Toun Sonaiya of WFM 91.7 explained creativity in an exceptional […]
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By Tolulope Lawani At Women in Journalism Conference 2017, a number of leading media practitioner left indelible imprints on the hearts of many budding female journalists like me. One of such impressions was by when the pioneer of the first female-centrist radio station in Nigeria, Toun Sonaiya of WFM 91.7 explained creativity in an exceptional
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By Lekan Otufodunrin One media career development concept I have always thought about is beat auditing. As it suggests, it is an act of auditing whatever beat or editorial assignment one is handling. It occurred me that due to lack of regular auditing, many journalists assume they are doing enough on their beat when they
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Nigerian Manager of the National Resource Government Institute (NRGI), Sarah Muyonga, has shared the results of the Resource Governance Index with a select group of journalists, focusing on Nigeria-specific findings. This session was part of an orientation for Media for Oil Reform (MFOR) Fellows including Punch Newspaper’s Femi Asu, Daily Trust‘s Daniel Adugbo and Premium
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Nigerian Manager of the National Resource Government Institute (NRGI), Sarah Muyonga, has shared the results of the Resource Governance Index with a select group of journalists, focusing on Nigeria-specific findings. This session was part of an orientation for Media for Oil Reform (MFOR) Fellows including Punch Newspaper’s Femi Asu, Daily Trust‘s Daniel Adugbo and Premium
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By Dayo Emmanuel, Newswire Winners have emerged in the Digital Heroes Generation Nigeria competition facilitated by the German television station, Deutsche Welle (DW). The competition attracted over 100 entries from Nigerian journalists, content providers and bloggers who competed in three categories including text, video and picture categories all focused on environmental preservation. Muyiwa Sodehinde won
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By Ibukunoluwa Daramola At the recently concluded Women in Journalism Conference, 2017 in Lagos, the speakers on each panel emphasized one point categorically to the participants which is that there should be a platform for young and budding journalists to grow in order to reach the peak in journalism or whatever they may find themselves.
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The fourth edition of Women in Journalism Africa conference 2017, themed “PIONEERS, INNOVATORS AND THE BRAVE NEW WORLD”, was held on Thursday 6th of July at the Muson Centre in Lagos Nigeria. Some students from Yaba College of Technology who are interns at The Nation Newspaper in this compilation highlighted what they learnt at the
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Journalists worldwide who wish to know more about democracy can apply for the Reagan-Fascell Democracy fellowship. The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, organized by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), aims to enable democratic practitioners, scholars and journalists to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Winners of the Fellowship are
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Women journalists have been urged to more innovative in their practice of the profession and explore opportunities offered by new media. The call was made by speakers at the fourth edition of Women in Journalism Africa Conference, (WiJ2017) the yearly gathering of women in the media held
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