A journalist and public relations practitioner, Reuben Muoka has been appointed as the new Director of Public Affairs (DPA) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The management of the commission in a statement signed by its Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Professor Umar Danbatta, said Muoka takes over from Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, who has assumed […]
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme has taught me one big lesson, ‘’you can do so much with very little’’, writes Osaruonamen Ibizugbe, Project Officer, Media in Gender at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development. Before now, I never believed I had any trait of leadership in
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Blessing Udeobasi writes on the training organised for campus journalists as part of the 2022 LEDE Fellowship by 1-79 Media Consults. One of Nigeria’s leading media training hubs, I-79 Media Consults, has trained about 30 campus journalists from West Africa on the concept of solutions journalism. The training organised as part of the 2022 LEDE
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With the support of a fully-funded training, African Foundation for Young Media Professionals is empowering early-career media enthusiasts to be better practitioners, writes Tijani Abdulkabeer The African Foundation for Young Media Professionals (AFYMP) whose mission is to propagate media capacity development is providing young media and communications professionals with the skills and resources they
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In an evolving world of digitization where it’s as if the print media is daily losing its value and audience to the online media, the Podium Magazine has launched its print edition. The Podium which started with an online edition via www.thepodiummedia.com had a formal unveiling of its print edition, the Podium International Magazine, on
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On Thursday, June 9, 2022, the forth cohort of the fellows of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) was inducted in Lagos. They were inducted after participating in months of rigorous training and mentorship, and implementing story and leadership projects, under the 2021 edition of the
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Twenty-one female journalists across media organisations in Nigeria have been inducted as Fellows of the Report Women Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). They were inducted on Thursday, June 9 in Lagos after participating in months of rigorous training and mentorship, and implemented story and leadership projects,
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For many journalists, the name Pulitzer is synonymous with excellent journalism practice based on the most prestigious global journalism award, Pulitzer prizes which include photography, literature, history, poetry, music, and drama. Pulitzer who also founded the Columbia School of Journalism which opened in 1912 was however the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the
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Blessing Osambor reports on the panel discussion on challenges journalists have to cope with in the digital era. Are journalists reporting better stories in the digital space? Is it easier for journalists to have more access to information because of the internet? What is the digital era’s impact on freedom of expression? These and many
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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Federal Government of encouraging attacks against journalists and media organizations by failing to protect journalists and punish perpetrators of such attacks. According to a statement by MRA’s Communications Officer, Mr. Idowu Adewale, the perpetrators noted are frequently security agents or other government officials. Observing that at least
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