In the first two parts of this article, I wrote about the need for specialized knowledge and tools for the job as major requirement to be a professional journalist. In this final part, my emphasis is on comportment which is defined as a dignified manner or conduct. Professional comportment is critical to succeeding as a journalist. […]
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Fola Adekeye, formerly of the old Newswatch Magazine once recalled how he bought a desk top computer for use in the office when the company’s systems were not enough for him and his colleagues. Some of his colleagues could not understand why he should buy a system to use, as they put it, “for the
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A former Editor of a top national daily newspaper who is not a graduate of many media related course once told me how he utilized the internet to acquire the specialised knowledge he required to be a professional journalist. Since he did not study journalism, but found himself working in a newspaper organisation, he knew his
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What does it mean to be a professional journalist? You will be right to say having the required professional qualifications, working as a journalist and being a member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other media professional bodies. However, more than the above requirements is the need to be very professional in our
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If you have applied for fellowships and awards and have not succeeded in winning any or as many as you want, you are not alone. I know many other journalists who keep applying yearly hopping to be lucky someday before they retire from the profession. With the opportunity to apply open to as many as those
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A young colleague recently showed me a media fellowship he wanted to apply for. He had about a month to meet the deadline which was long enough to get all the required documents. I was surprised when on the eve of the deadline he was not yet sure of the story ideas he wanted to
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In past years, I have published various media career development related articles focusing on issues, ideas, opportunities and other matters that should be of interest to media professionals in the country. Writing on media career development is part of my commitment to sharing information and resources that can assist journalists maximize the potentials of the profession.
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Broadcast journalist Funke-Treasure Durodola has been appointed General Manager of Radio One (103. 5 FM) in Ikeja, Lagos. Her mandate as the new GM of Radio One according to a statement is to re-engineer the station in the area of programming, including transforming it into an all-news, all-talk, and all-sports radio station. Under Durodola’s watch,
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Award: APO Media Award for African journalists and bloggers African journalists and bloggers have been invited to participate in 2014 APO Media Award sponsored by African Press Organization (http://www.apo-opa.com). The first-place winner of the award will be presented with $500 a month for one year, one laptop and one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination
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He started out as a sub-copy editor in The Guardian Newspapers but today he is Group Managing Director of Verdant Zeal – a marketing communication company with head office in Lagos and branches in Gambia and Ghana. Tunji Olugbodi who recently clocked 50 attributes his success story to the experience he acquired on the sub-desk
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