My Period My Pride, a drama serial on menstrual health and hygiene, produced by the Sanitary Pad Media Campaign (SPMC) made a grand debut on the Radio Nigeria Network on Thursday, August 8. It would air weekly, within ‘Every Woman’, Radio Nigeria’s foremost programme on women related issues, at 7.30pm. The drama serial is an advocacy tool […]
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“Effective disability reporting is when journalists know how and when to use inclusive and non-discriminatory language in their reportage”.
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Today, the largest proportion of consumers of media content falls in the youth category, requiring that media content producers must always factor the needs of the youth in their processes and schedules if they must be relevant, competitive and impactful on this critical segment of the population and gain from their potentials and strength to
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Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has appointed Dr Steven Anu’ Adesemoye as the new Ag. Head of Department, Mass Communication, effective 1st August 2024. Adesemoye, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, brings a wealth of experience in screen and culture, public relations, and narrative media production to his new
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In continuation of its efforts to improve on gender representation of women in the leadership in newsrooms, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) recently convened a house-to-house engagement at The Guardian Newspaper at its Lagos Headquarters. The event, tagged ReportWomen: News and Newsroom Engagement, brought together media professionals and experts to discuss the
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Mainstream media houses and journalists have been advised to leverage on social media and digital technology to keep up with their younger audience. The call was made by a panel of discussants at the Journalism and Society Conversation hosted on X space by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on August 6, 2024. Assigning Editor
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In the rapidly evolving media landscape, mainstream news outlets are facing an existential crisis along with the challenge of meeting the news needs of the younger generation? How to be youth-friendly was the focus of the Journalism and Society Conversation hosted by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on August 6. A panel of distinguished
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Journalists Covering Protests across the country need to take note of these trends and take necessary actions to mitigate them. It’s been days of covering and reporting the ongoing #EndBadGovernance Protest across Nigeria and courageous journalists have gone through great lengths to capture raw emotions and bring up-to-date information about the requests of the people in
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will hold a series of workshops across the country from August 6, 2024 to sensitize journalists about laws and regulations affecting the media in Nigeria. The workshops according to a statement by its Programme Officer, Mr. Timileyin Adams would equip journalists with a comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape governing media
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In this review of the reporting of the #EndBadGovernance protests, Dr Tunde Akanni, Media and Conflict expert who is an associate professor at the Lagos State University writes that content creation is the worst form of mimicry for genuine journalism practice. Expectedly, this season of uncertainty unleashed on the nation by #EndBadGovernance campaigners is
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