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Solutions Journalism project for educators, journalists in Nigeria

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No fewer than 50 educators, journalists and students from 27 tertiary institutions and media organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria will benefit from the Solutions Journalism project by Solutions Journalism Africa Fellow, Folarin Jamiu of Crescent University, Abeokuta. Jamiu, who announced this in a statement, said arrangements have been finalized to host a workshop and training […]

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DAME @ 30: Call for media award entries

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The Trustees of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME)—Africa’s longest-running media awards programme—invite entries for its 30th edition of works produced in 2020 in the following Print, Online, and Broadcast categories: Reporting (12) Agriculture Reporting Business Reporting Child-Friendly Reporting Education Reporting Insurance Reporting Investigative Reporting Judiciary Reporting Lagos Reporting Nutrition Reporting Radio Reporting Sports Reporting Television

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Solutions Report Monitor

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Journalists in West Africa have published some solutions journalism reports on various sectors. Below are links to some reports. Enlightenment as a tool to reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria The birth of a baby brings joy to the community and ultimately compensates the mother for her endurance all through the nine months of pregnancy. Sadly,

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Google NewsLab to train 600 Lagos NUJ members

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Six hundred members of the Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) are to be trained by Google News Lab on new Data Skills for News titled “Fundamentals and Verification for News” The 4-hour training according to a press statement by the council, will commence on September 30, and run through October 14, October

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Stella Iyaji: Radiance of the Editor

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How many Managing Editors of major national newspapers in Nigeria who are women do you know? There is probably none for now, except Stella Iyaji of Daily Trust Newspaper, who is one of the very few women occupying top management positions in the print media sector in the country. Iyaji who marked her birthday on

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How APO Group media award enhanced our careers

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For Kofi Adu Domfeh (Ghana) a development journalist from Ghana, winning the African Press Organisation (APO) Group Media Award is one of the major highlights of his career. The award gave him the opportunity to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai to attend an International Conference on Energy which featured the Africa

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Nigeria Health Watch boosts Solutions Journalism reporting in Nigeria

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Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) is intensifying its support for media organisations in Nigeria to adopt Solutions Journalism reporting in the country. Under the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative, it has assembled and trained the first cohort of Solutions Journalists in the country who are being supported to produce stories. The participating media organisations are News Agency

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Adedoyin, 15 others elected IPI Board members

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Chairman of the editorial board of The Herald newspapers and Secretary of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria chapter, Raheem Adedoyin has been elected along with 15 others to the governing board of the organisation in Vienna. Adedoyin was elected unopposed on October 16 to the board at the 70th General Assembly of IPI holding

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Exploring specialised reporting as a career

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Veteran communicator and marketing executive who is now Correspondent of Bloomberg on Nigeria’s Cocoa industry, Tolani Awere at the Communication Masterclass by University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) spoke of how to prepare for a career in specialised reporting. I am glad and grateful for the opportunity given to me by the Dean

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CSO groups fault lingering Twitter Ban, highlights negative impacts

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Leading civil society organisations in Nigeria have kicked against the lingering suspension of the operations of Twitter, a microblogging and social networking service by the Federal Government in the country. The organisations are Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Enough Is Enough (EiE) Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative (PIN). The organisations made

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