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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The Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Mr Dayo Aiyetan has narrated how he was attacked while covering the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a Twitter thread on his handle @dayoaiyetan, he was attacked in Gwagwalada during a disturbance at a
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The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has expressed concern over reported attacks on journalists and other media professionals who covered Saturday’s Presidential and Senatorial elections. Information reaching IPC’s-JOURNALISTS-ELECTION-DAY-SAFETY-ALERT DESK according to the Freedom Information Officer of the Centre, Melody Akinjiyan indicates that not less than three journalists and media professionals have been assaulted and subjected
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The Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) has constituted a new Ombudsman mechanism with the announcement of a nine-man board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), known as the National Ombudsman. The commission according to a statement by the President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association and NPO, Mallam Kabiru Yusuf is a major step by the
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