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CNN/MultiChoice Award nominations : Nigeria 7, South Africa 7

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Nigeria and South Africa are ahead in the list of nominations of finalists for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 Competition announce last Friday. Both countries have seven nominations each while Kenya had four. There are 38 finalists from 14 countries. This year, the competition according to Ferail Haffajee, Chair of the independent judging panel, […]

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Wij2016: Calling women journalists

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The third edition on Women in Journalism conference ( Wij2016) will hold on Thursday, July 21 at the MUSON Centre, Lagos. The theme of the event which is free for interested participants is Excellence and Ethics. According to the Director of the programmes, Yomi Owope, ” WiJ2016 is not just another media gathering – it

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Two Punch staff nominated for CNN/ MultiChoice Award

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Two staff of The Punch newspapers, Folashade Adebayo and Dayo Oketola have been nominated as finalists for the 2016 CNN/ MultiChoice African Journalists of the Year award. Adebayo is a Senior Correspondent on the Daily edition, while Oketola is News Editor, Saturday Punch. Adebayo, an award-winning journalist covers science, health and education stories.. A former

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Egbemode elected NGE Acting President

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Managing Director and Editor- in- Chief of New Telegraph Newspapers, Mrs Funke Egbemode has been elected as the Acting President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). She was elected on Saturday during the second quarterly meeting of the Guild held in Abuja. Egbemode’s election followed vacancy created by the exit of the former President,

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Lagos community media owners set for retraining

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Community media operators in Lagos State are going back to school this week (7-9 July) to rethink their business for revitalisation and sustainability. An initiative of the Communities and Communications Department of the Lagos State Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, the programme is being facilitated by The Journalism Clinic, which vision is “to

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The Punch hires Vanguard's Online Editor

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The Punch Newspapers has hired the Online Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, John Abayomi as it’s new Online Editor. Abayomi resumed this week as part of efforts to boost the digital publishing by The Punch. Vanguard is Nigeria’s leading news website followed by The Punch. Earlier in the year, former Controller of Publications of the newspaper,

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The Punch hires Vanguard’s Online Editor

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The Punch Newspapers has hired the Online Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, John Abayomi as it’s new Online Editor. Abayomi resumed this week as part of efforts to boost the digital publishing by The Punch. Vanguard is Nigeria’s leading news website followed by The Punch. Earlier in the year, former Controller of Publications of the newspaper,

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Highly recommended book you should read

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The secrets of men are said to be in their stories, Ambassador Dele Cole in his Foreword says, Voices Beyond the Newsroom Edited by Richard Ikiebie, Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for Leadership in Journalism, School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic is highly recommended. Ikiebie in this major work, offers an invaluable service to Nigerian

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Four Nigerians nominated for international journalism award

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Four Nigerian Journalists made the short list of 16 in the 2016 Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Awards in International Journalism. Those nominated for two categories of the award are Fisayo Soyombo of The Cable, Motunrayo Joel of The Punch , Olatunji Ololade of The Nation and Philip Obaji. Freelance category – James Harkin (Ireland), Antony

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