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2 Nigerians selected for Newmark J-School Inaugural AI Journalism Lab

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Two Nigerians have been selected for the inaugural AI Journalism Lab at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.   Award winning Nigerian journalists and founder of FactMattersNG, Hannah Ajakaiye and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID)’s Head of Innovation, Monsur Hussain were among the cohort of 25 journalists, media leaders, academics, […]

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5 Important #IJF24 panel sessions you need to watch

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At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia last week,  there were several sessions of insightful conversations by brilliant journalists. While we were not physically present, we made sure to follow a lot of the sessions made available virtually. So far we have followed several discussions but there are five important ones that we think Nigerian

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We Created #IJF24 Playlists

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The just concluded 2024 International Journalism Festival in Perugia was a very interesting and engaging one for participants across different continents.  At several sessions of vibrant discussions brilliant journalists explained complex issues and revealed findings concerning journalism and the journalists’ welfare. Though we couldn’t attend physically, we followed as many live-streamed sessions as possible. We

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‘Distortion’ by investigative journalist approved as literature textbook

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A  novel ‘Distortion’ by acclaimed international multi-award winning communications specialist, writer, journalist, trainer and facilitator, Ejiro ‘LadyE’ Umukoro Umukoro has been approved as a textbook for Senior Secondary Schools (SS1-3) for literature in English. The approval for the first term was signed by the Director of Education Research Centre, Kelly N. Kentoa, under the Ministry

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Gatekeeping, ethics are hallmarks of journalism – Cable publisher

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Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Cable, an online media platform, Simon Kolawole, has identified gatekeeping, fairness, balance and ethics as the distinguishing factors between professional journalism and core activism. According to him, “Any good journalist is an activist for truth. While journalism and activism are mechanisms for driving positive change in the society,

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Lessons and insights from UNILAG Communication festival, lecture

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Report of the highlights and insights shared during the 3-day Communication Festival organised by the University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association. With the collective efforts of the executive members and valued alumni, we returned to our Alma mater with the noble intention to inspire and organise valuable presentations for Unilag Mass Communication students. The

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Nike Popoola holding her Pan African Reinsurance journalism award plaque at the event

Popoola wins Pan-African insurance Journalism Award third time

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Former  Assistant Editor of the Punch Newspaper, Nike Popoola has emerged the overall winner for the 9th edition of the Pan African ReInsurance Journalism Awards.  She was announced at the 2024 award ceremony which coincides with the awarding organisation, Continental Reinsurance’s annual CEO Summit held April 12 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  According to a statement

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Mansir Muhammed, GIS/OSINT Specialist of HumAngle and 2024Sigma Award Winner,

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’

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Mansir Muhammed, a GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle was named among the winners of the 2024 Sigma Awards celebrating excellent data journalism projects globally for his report published alongside an extensive investigation by HumAngle in collaboration with New Lines Magazine. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, Muhammed spoke about his work as a technologist/journalist

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Rotimi Sankore: Accomplished journalist, media trainer dead

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Rotimi Sankore, an accomplished Journalist, media trainer, development expert and human rights advocate is dead. A statement by his family signed by Deji Dosunmu confirmed that he died on Friday, April 12th  after a hard fight with cancer surrounded by loved ones. Sankore who until his death was Executive Director/Editor in Chief of the Africa

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4 Nigerian journalists nominated for Insurance Journalism awards

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Four Nigerian journalists have been nominated in different categories of the 9th Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards celebrating talent in African journalism covering the re/insurance industry. Nike Popoola of The Punch Newspaper,  Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria, Afeez Hanafi of Daily Trust and G.U Chukwu of Daily Review Online were nominated in the English broadcast,

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