In celebration of International Women’s Day, we had the opportunity to interview Ms. Maureen Chigbo, the First Female President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Nigeria. With a focus on this year’s theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” Ms. Chigbo shares insights with BLESSING OSEMOBOR, on the role of GOCOP […]
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The power of women’s voices is an important factor in the advancement of every nation, even though it is often underestimated. Women’s voices have contributed to shaping culture and engendering conversations that have transformed entire civilizations. From the women’s suffrage movement of the 19th century to the more recent #MeToo movement which was significantly powered
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Below is a list of opportunities for journalists and media practitioners. DEADLINE: MARCH 10, 2023 REVOLVE and the World Bank are organizing the Innovate4Climate Journalists Workshop, which will take place May 22, ahead of the opening of Innovate4Climate conference in Bilbao, Spain. The four-hour I4C Journalists Workshop is designed for international media professionals to delve
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The Nigerian media deserves commendation for the wide and innovative coverage of recent Presidential and National Assembly elections. The pre-election coverage was also exhaustive and provided Nigerians enough information to help them decide on who to vote for in the election. By assigning their reporters across the country to as many polling booths and collation
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Journalists and other media practitioners who are interested in Data journalism are invited to a class on data visualization and infographics. Kehinde Ogunyale, a renowned data and climate journalist shall be the facilitator for the sessions. It shall run every Saturday in March on Google Meet, from March 4 to March 25, 2023.
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Oluyemi Arowosola Michael is a Fact-checker with Cable Newspaper. He has his first degree in History and Diplomatic studies and a Master’s degree in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos. Despite being a person with a disability, he is a fact-checker, translator, and reporter. In this interview with Peace Oladipo, he
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on points to consider on asking for payment for your services and paying others for services. *Don’t be angry when people insist on being paid for their services. Everyone deserves to be paid for his or her services in kind or cash except if they want to
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In our EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK, we condemn attacks and arrests of journalists which should not be allowed to continue to guarantee the safety of journalists who are on their official duty during the election. Among the unsavoury incidents recorded during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections across the country were attacks and
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Just when it seemed he was going to focus on being the publisher of Communiqué, a media and tech analysis newsletter with over 35,000 subscribers, David Adeleke took up the offer of being the Africa Editor at Rest of World. A graduate of Mass Communication/Media Studies from Covenant University, Otta, Adeleke had earlier headed Business
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The media opportunities and programmes in our compilation this week are mainly foreign but open to journalists globally. Irrespective of where you are based, you can apply for anyone you have the requirements and be hopeful of being selected or invited to participate. DEADLINE: NOT SPECIFIED Nigeria Health Watch is inviting journalists, creatives, and storytellers
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