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OOU, UI students win Campus business journalism award

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An online media platform, National Wire, has announced the winners of its maiden Campus Business Journalism Awards. The awards, which featured two categories according to the organisers, were keenly contested among competitors from various campuses in Nigeria. A Mass Communication student from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Olamide Ayoade emerged as the winner in the Best […]

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Nigerian journalist receives global journalism award

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A Nigerian freelance journalist and graduate of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi, has been awarded the 2024 Kavli Global Science Journalism Award in the United States, organised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Abdulwaheed, the only African awardee at this year’s award ceremony and the second journalist from Nigeria

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Bayelsa NAWOJ trains female journalists

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The Bayelsa State Chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), led  Mrs. Grace Orumieyefa, has organised a first-of-its-kind one-day comprehensive in-house capacity training for female journalists in the state. The training, themed “Empowering voices: Advancing Journalism and Sustainable Development”, aimed to equip participants with essential knowledge and skills for optimal professional performance and self-empowerment.

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Prime Woman: Redefining representation for women and business sustainability

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The media has long been criticised for the portrayal of women using the lens of stereotypes of society. With a reputation for portraying women in limiting ways, the media reports women at a disproportionate rate compared to men. Women don’t often make it into headlines, and when they do, most headlines portray them as objects,

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Accomplished advocate of new media practice

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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin profiles the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TheCable Newspaper, Simon Kolawole.   He was an excellent choice as the guest speaker at the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Professional Forum last week in Lagos. With loads and years of experience as reporter and editor while working in various magazines and

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Training and development opportunities for journalists

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Here are a few media training and development opportunities for journalists. It features online training, internship, scholarship and fellowship opportunities for journalists. CJID Next-Gen Internship Program. The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development is calling campus journalists and Mass Communication students to apply for the Next-Gen/Campus Reporter project. The Next Gen/Campus Reporter project of the

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Misleading media reports 

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‘Media organisations, especially online platforms, guilty of misleading reports should not only be honourable enough to admit that they are wrong and correct their wrong reports,  but they should also take the necessary steps required to prevent future occurrences.’ Two major media reports recently on government or public policy which should elicit detailed interrogation from

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