Dr. Anderson Uvie-Emegbo The 2014 edition of Social Media Week Lagos has started in style and expectedly, the fireworks have started flying. On Thursday, February 20, an interesting summit on “Functional Social Networking for Journalists”, hosted by the UBA Groups will hold at UBA House, Lagos. I will join some seasoned journalists to examine […]
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Social media activist and entrepreneur, Japhet Omojuwa has been chosen among the top 100 most influential black people on social and digital media worldwide. Omojuwa who is an Editor of Washington based ATLAS Economic Research Foundation is number 29 on the list. He’s is a curator of the widely regarded www.omojuwa.comwhich has since become a
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Newswatch Communications Limited, publisher of Newswatch Magazine has announced vacant opening for the position of Deputy Bureau Chief. Prospective applicants are expected to be seasoned journalists, investigate leads and tips, conduct interviews, research stories, write and edit news, update web content, meet publication or broadcast deadlines, and report on newsworthy events. The Bureau chiefs
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Vacancy for Video Editor Private Media Productions Limited, a Lagos based video content production company requires the services of a qualified and experienced candidate for the position of Video Editor. Interested applicants are to edit news videos and TV program video, optimize video files for high quality while maintaining a reasonable file size, upload videos to YouTube.
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Olumide Iyanda erstwhile Saturday Editor of Daily Independent in this interview with Seye Joseph speaks on a new Sunday newspaper, The Niche to be launched soon and other career issues. Most journalists are not known to stay in a particular media organisation throughout their career . They usually work in three to four media
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Forty Nigerian journalists are to be trained over a two year period to conduct investigative reports on issues of transparency, accountability and good governance by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, Abuja. Necessary fund will also be provided for the trained journalists to undertake investigative projects. The ICIR is an independent, non-profit investigative reporting
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By Seye Joseph Practicing journalists from various news media organization recently gathered for a one-day workshop themed “Widening the Pool of Excellence” in Lagos to strengthen their capacity to identify relevant storylines, boost their understanding of pertinent journalistic values and improve their writing and research skills. Journalists at the event were trained on accuracy of
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By Seye Joseph Professional and practicing journalists in Lagos and Ogun State have been invited to enter for the 2014 Humanitarian Reporting Award. The entry organized by District 9110 of Rotary International, Nigeria is aimed at building strong relationship between Rotary International, media and the general public; educate community and open doors for newsworthy humanitarian
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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