Editor (Daily) of Vanguard Newspaper Eze Anaba has been elected the new President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). He succeeds Mustapha Isa of Silverbird Television who served for only a term of two years. Anaba scored 250 votes to defeat his rival, Bolaji Adebiyi, former Editor, THISDAY who scored 81 votes in the […]
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Eunice Ayobami who participated in a training for entry-level female journalists, writes on the insights shared by the facilitators and lessons learnt by the participants. It was an opportunity for unlearning, learning, and relearning requirements for excelling and overcoming gender limitations in the media industry for entry-level female journalists at the one-day capacity-building workshop held
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The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has advised female journalists to have a career plan to guarantee their success in the profession despite the state of the industry. Otufodunrin spoke last Friday at a capacity-building Workshop for entry-level female journalists organised by the Publisher of BONews, Blessing Oladunjoye as her
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With her energetic presentation style and captivating appearance, the Deputy Editor of Eagle Online, Mrs Juliana Francis last Friday armed female journalists with the necessary knowledge they need to survive in a typical Nigerian media organization newsroom, which males often dominate. Francis was one of the speakers at a capacity-building Workshop for entry-level female journalists
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Nigerian investigative journalist Philip Obaji Jr. has received the Jaime Brunet International Prize at the Public University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. Obaji who is the first from West Africa to receive the prestigious award previously won by Pope Francis, the Dalai Lama and other top personalities shared the prize with the Wassu Foundation, a
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Philip Obaji, Correspondent of the Daily Beast is multiple global awards and fellowships-winning investigative journalist. He is the inaugural recipient of the Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowship awarded by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and one of the three finalists for the 2023 One World Media (OWM) International Journalist of the Year award. In this
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Publisher of Marketing Edge, Mr John Ajayi who pioneered marketing and advertising reporting in Nigeria clocked 60 on June 12, 2023. In this interview with Esther Adeniyi and Isaac Akerele, he recalls his growing-up years, journalism career and the state of the media. Congratulations on your 60th birthday anniversary on the historic June 12
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In this Edition of PENSDOWN, From Africa’s, largest economy, Nigeria, Ebriku John Friday, Special Assistant to Cross River State Governor, tells his own story as a practising Journalist for over two decades, Here is the discussion with Ghanaian Journalist, Stephen Gyasi Jnr. You read Economics in the university, how did you end up as a
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Africa Check Nigeria editor, David Ajikobi has said that it is wrong to refer to members of the public and untrained individuals who participate in news sharing, by means of social media, as ‘Citizen Journalists’. While speaking on the proliferation of false information at the Facts MattersNG Campaign against misinformation, Ajikobi said it is a
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Journalists, digital creators and everyone involved in disseminating information have been urged to ensure the veracity of their messages. They were advised on strategies to adopt at a one-day workshop organised by FactsMatterNG, a fact-check-based organisation supported by the United States Consulate General, Lagos. According to Hannah Ajakaiye, Team lead, FactsMatterNG and ICFJKnight fellow, “sanitising
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