A lecture is usually organised annually to commemorate Professor Wole Soyinka’s birthday. The 2017 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture series which took place recently in Abuja, marked the 83rd birthday of the literary icon. This years lecture with the theme: “Light Up, Light In: Interrogating the nexus between electricity and basic education,” was an opportunity for […]
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The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 2017 International Table tennis Federation (ITTF), Challenge Nigeria Open is offering two media internships for interested undergraduates. The internship is opened to interested male and female candidates in Nigeria tertiary institutions. They will undergo training at the five-day tournament to be held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of
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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 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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