Media career specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how journalists can earn commensurate income with their qualifications and experience. I can hear a resounding No in response to the above headline from most journalists reading this piece, if not all. In an undercapitalised business like ours in the country which is experiencing depression, in more ways […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin highlights six unhealthy habits of journalists and how to take necessary precautions. When Hannah Ojo of The Nation recently shared a picture of a bottle of Coca Cola and Gala on her facebook timeline, with the question” Food(and)drink of future champions. Agree? Disagree? she probably was just trying to tease her friends and
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The first go-to for any Nigerian blogger when it comes to monetizing their blog is AdSense. It is no surprise as AdSense is one of the best contextual online advertising networks for any blog as well as one of the safest blog monetization networks available to today, thanks to the quality of ads and recurring
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New appointments in the editorial and marketing departments of The AUTHORITY newspapers has been approved by the Chairman / Publisher of newspapers, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah. In the editorial changes which take immediate effect, Mr. Joe Nwankwo, the pioneer Executive Director of Publications, has been re-designated as the Executive Director in charge of the South East
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By Joe Agbro Selected Nigerian journalists are getting set to participate in the third batch of the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa Executive Training Program beginning in Lagos on April 11. The training is meant to increase the number of mid-career business and financial journalists in Nigerian via six study blocks spanning April and September 2016.
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By Samson Adeyanju Uwala A media scholar, Dr. Dele Omojuyigbe, has urged the media to always ensure careful investigation of its reports before publication or broadcast. Omojuyigbe made this remark during the public presentation of his book “Media Language and Ideologies” on Wednesday, March 30 at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos. According to him,
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An All- Christian Sunday Newspaper, Jesus Christ is set to hit the newsstands on April 10, 2016. The concept of the publication according to the United States based publisher, Moshood Ademola Fayemiwo was a divine injunction when he was detained in 1997 by the former military dictator, Gen. Sanni Abacha. ” I heard the voice
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Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila has emerged the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature (http://Prize.Etisalat.com.ng) for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone writer to win the prestigious Etisalat Prize,
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Media Career Specialist and ALI Media fellow writes of the facts and insights needed for writing compelling short personal profiles and autobiographies When asked to write short autobiographies or profiles of themselves, what most people do, is fill the paragraphs with the schools they attended, their degrees, where they presently work or former
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Journalists who report on water and sanitation issues in Nigeria and five other African countries can win fully-funded study trips to major newsrooms in the United States as part of a new contest launched by impactAFRICA on Thursday, March 24. According to a press statement by the organisers of the contest, any reportage on water
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