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Lessons and insights from UNILAG Communication festival, lecture

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Report of the highlights and insights shared during the 3-day Communication Festival organised by the University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association. With the collective efforts of the executive members and valued alumni, we returned to our Alma mater with the noble intention to inspire and organise valuable presentations for Unilag Mass Communication students. The […]

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Nike Popoola holding her Pan African Reinsurance journalism award plaque at the event

Popoola wins Pan-African insurance Journalism Award third time

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Former  Assistant Editor of the Punch Newspaper, Nike Popoola has emerged the overall winner for the 9th edition of the Pan African ReInsurance Journalism Awards.  She was announced at the 2024 award ceremony which coincides with the awarding organisation, Continental Reinsurance’s annual CEO Summit held April 12 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  According to a statement

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Mansir Muhammed, GIS/OSINT Specialist of HumAngle and 2024Sigma Award Winner,

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’

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Mansir Muhammed, a GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle was named among the winners of the 2024 Sigma Awards celebrating excellent data journalism projects globally for his report published alongside an extensive investigation by HumAngle in collaboration with New Lines Magazine. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, Muhammed spoke about his work as a technologist/journalist

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Rotimi Sankore: Accomplished journalist, media trainer dead

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Rotimi Sankore, an accomplished Journalist, media trainer, development expert and human rights advocate is dead. A statement by his family signed by Deji Dosunmu confirmed that he died on Friday, April 12th  after a hard fight with cancer surrounded by loved ones. Sankore who until his death was Executive Director/Editor in Chief of the Africa

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4 Nigerian journalists nominated for Insurance Journalism awards

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Four Nigerian journalists have been nominated in different categories of the 9th Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards celebrating talent in African journalism covering the re/insurance industry. Nike Popoola of The Punch Newspaper,  Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria, Afeez Hanafi of Daily Trust and G.U Chukwu of Daily Review Online were nominated in the English broadcast,

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Opportunities to learn AI in Journalism

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UPDATED! Artificial Intelligence has significantly affected journalism and research. Its use continuously blurs the line between truth and falsehoods as it also helps to enhance productivity in journalism when used ethically. The sustained increase in their innovation and sophistication has made the understanding and mastery of its use for journalists more important than ever. Our

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AAUA student wins OUR PUNCH YEARS essay competition

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A member of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter of the Nigeria Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ) Emmanuel Oluwadola has won the OUR PUNCH YEARS book essay competition for mass communication students and campus journalists nationwide. Oluwadola was announced as the winner of the competition on Monday by organisers of the competition on OUR

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Pictures of Kemi Busari on the Left and Linda Ngari on the rigth, winners of the 2024 Micheal Elliot Award

Again, Nigerian Journalist wins African Storytelling award.

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Editor of Dubawa, a Nigerian fact-checking and investigative journalism platform, Kemi Busari has won the 2024 edition of the Micheal Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, a year after another Nigerian journalist Kunle Adebajo of HumAngle won as a co-winner.  Busari is the fifth Nigerian journalist to have won the continental award given out

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Fifteen new media opportunities with deadlines in April, 2024

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For journalists seeking media programmes and opportunities to enhance their careers, Check out these opportunities with deadlines and apply. If you need assistance to meet some of the requirements contact us:  Email: info@mediacareerng.org Phone: 08050498530  DEADLINE: SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Apply for One Young World Journalist of the Year Award: The 2024 One Young World Journalist

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OWM Award: Nigerian journalists, media houses longlisted

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Longlists of the 2024 One World Media Awards have been released and works by Nigerian journalists and media houses featured in different categories of the award. Journalist and media trainer, Zubaida Baba Ibrahim, Investigation Editor, HumAngle, ‘Kunle Adebajo, Editor of Republic Journal, Wale Lawal and media houses like Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Social Justice(FIJ)

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