After 45 years as a staff of The Punch Newspaper, during which he was Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief for 27 years, Mr Ademola Osinubi will on April 30 retire from the company which he joined as a reporter in 1976. In this excerpt from an interview in Nigeria Media Leaders: Voices Beyond the Newsroom, Volume […]
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Ten journalists have been selected as pioneer fellows of the inaugural Dataphyte Media Fellowship programme by Dataphyte. The journalists include Ameh Ejekwonyilo, a senior reporter on the Judiciary, Human Rights and Anti-corruption Desk of Premium Times Newspaper, Adaji Daniel, economist and a climate change writer at The Insight and Jackie Opara, a science journalist who
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The International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, with support from the International Budget Partnership, IBP, has announced a call for application for its Health Reporting Fellowship for journalists in twelve focal states across the six geo-political zones. The programme according to the Deputy Programme Manager of ICIR, Agema Gloria is a six-month fellowship supported by
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Associate Editor and multiple award-winning journalist with The Nation Newspaper, Olatunji Ololade, has emerged the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Peace category of the 2021 Fetisov Journalism Awards (FJA). Ololade who is the only Nigerian among the 12 winners of the award chosen from 400 stories from 80 countries won with his story “The
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The dynamics in every profession keep evolving. Skill retooling and upgrading are fundamental requirements for media professionals who are poised to make changes in their world today. The need for speed, accuracy and technology keeps creating disruption at an alarming rate. Catching up and not losing one’s breath professionally has become a personal responsibility. For
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Six winners have emerged for the Journalism Fellowship for Investigative Reporting on Trans Fat. The winners of the Fellowship organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) are, Adesola Ikulajolu (ICIR), Temitope Bademosi (TVC), Sunday Elom (Orient Daily Newspaper), Dare Akogun (Sobi FM), Felicia Dairo (Premium Times), and Nkoli Omhoudu (AIT). They will
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Ten Nigerian journalists have been selected for the second set of the Solutions Journalism Africa Fellowship Initiative supported by the Solutions Journalism Network, USA. Nigeria Health Watch in a publication on Tuesday, April 5 announced that ten fellows will produce and publish stories of how people are responding to various social problems across Nigeria and
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From May 1, 2022, the Executive Director, Digital Operations and Publications of The Punch Newspapers, Mr Adeyeye Joseph will take over as the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the company. Joseph’s elevation by the board of directors of Punch Nigeria Limited according to a report in the newspaper on April 1 followed the retirement of the
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New appointees have been named for the newly established Content Division of The Punch Newspapers and the Editorial Board. Deputies for the print newspaper titles were also appointed in the editorial changes to take effect from Monday, April 4, 2022. Ademola Oni, the Editor of The PUNCH, now heads the Content Division, while Adedayo
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African Data Hub (ADH) is commencing its Community Journalism Fellowship which aims to improve the coverage of under-reported issues in local communities across Nigeria. The fellowship will pay special attention to potential solutions with a lasting impact towards effective public service delivery, grassroots development and improving the quality of life. It will support community journalists
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