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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Eniola Toluwani, Correspondent, The Punch during the December 2016 Media Career Q&A shared his experience as a campus journalist and how he eventually got a job in national newspapers I developed interest in journalism right from my 100-Level days. I told a cyber café attendant I could write and he recommended me to a magazine
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Betty Abbah, journalist and gender advocate during the December 2016 MediaQ&A spoke on the difference participating in the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) has made in your career ? The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship (about six months hands-on training in the USA a decade ago) was THE turning point in my career as a young
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The first edition of online Media Career Q&A session was held on Friday, December 2, 2016 on Twitter and facebook. The session which lasted from 8.00am-7pm was moderated by Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and Media Career Development Specialist. With the use of the hashtag #MediaCareerQ&A, top journalists fielded questions on various aspects of media career and
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The first edition of online Media Career Q&A session was held on Friday, December 2, 2016 on Twitter and facebook. The session which lasted from 8.00am-7pm was moderated by Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and Media Career Development Specialist. With the use of the hashtag #MediaCareerQ&A, top journalists fielded questions on various aspects of media career and
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