Programme Director, Daily Trust Foundation, Dr Theophilus Abbah writes on the highlights of the one-day workshop on Safety of Journalists in Conflict Reporting by City University of London and Daily Trust Foundation in Abuja. On October 12, 2018, Romoke Ahmad, a reporter with Daily Trust, received a shock at a press conference in Ilorin, […]
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Journalists in Nigeria have been challenged to improve their reporting of elections and be more security conscious. The advice was given at a media training organized by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) recently in Lagos where the need to promote and protect independent media that advances fundamental human rights was emphasized. Fifty
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Find below a list of media and journalism opportunities and training for this week and others closing soon, including training, grants, fellowship, pitches and others compiled by Peace Oladipo. FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023 Webinar on Visual Storytelling: the challenges faced by journalists working with images. Register for the Zoom meeting: https://www.mediadefence.org/news/webinar-visual-journalism/ SATURDAY, JANUARY 28,2023 Media
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In response to our request for thoughts on Journalism in Nigeria in 2023, Operations Effectiveness Manager, Big Cabal Media, Anita Eboigbe offers some major points to ponder on how the Nigerian media industry can reach its full potential. What does communication mean to you? And for media folks, what does media mean to
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Sunday Awosoro of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) recently won ‘Best Budgetary Tracking and Procurement story award’ in the Alfred Opubor Next-Gen Award organized by the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and ‘Upcoming writer’ by Youth Digest Campus Journalism in December 2022. The development journalist and fact checker speaks with Peace Oladipo on
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Find below a list of media and journalism opportunities and training for this week and others closing soon, including training, grants, fellowship, pitches and others compiled by Peace Oladipo Monday, January 16, 2023 Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, with support from the Knight Foundation, organized a four-week massive open online course, which
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Ahead of the February 2023 general elections, a one-day skill-enhancing virtual workshop for 40 bloggers and online journalists in the southern part of the country on conflict-sensitive reporting is scheduled to be held on 12 January 2023. 40 bloggers from the Northern part will be trained next Tuesday making a total of 80 before
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The board of directors of RED | For Africa has announced the appointment of its first non-founder chief executive officer, Ayodeji Razaq. Razaq, who now leads all the companies in the group, including Red Media Africa, StateCraft Inc., Red Productions, Creo, Zed Digital and The Future Project, was appointed as CEO in the second quarter
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Find below a list of media and journalism opportunities and training for this week and others closing soon, including vacancies, pitches, fellowships and grants compiled by Peace Oladipo. DEADLINE: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism is seeking hires for the following positions: Program Associates, Interns, Project managers and Senior Programme
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Media trainer and author, Lanre Idowu writes on the life and career accomplishments of the Late Tunji Oseni as a distinguished journalist and quintessential gentleman. Today, our mentor, Tunji Oseni would have been 80. Being in the celestial realm, he is not around to celebrate the event with family, friends, and associates. As we join
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