Winners of the 30th edition of the 2022 Nigeria Media Merit Awards Newspaper of the Year Punch Newspapers Editor of the Year Hamza Idris of Daily Trust Best Editorial The Nation Newspaper Columnist of the Year Azu Ishiekwene of Vanguard. Radio Station of the Year Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Television Station of the Year Channels Television […]
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Thirteen journalists have been shortlisted for the 17th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). The shortlisted journalists include Olanrewaju Oyedeji of Dataphyte; Babatunde Okunlola of Diamond FM, Osun; Chukwuemeka Emenike of New Telegraph; Olatunji Obasa of PUNCH; Abdulaziz Abdulaziz of Trust TV and Gbenga Salau of The Guardian. Others are Amadin
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DigiClan Connect, the annual conference of DigiClan, Africa’s top community of digital professionals will hold on December 10 in Lagos. The venue of this year’s conference with the theme “Digital: From Earth to Mars” is Zone Tech Park, Gbagada, Lagos by 10 am According to the organisers, DigiClan Connect is a gathering of digital
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State actors, especially representatives of the police, often infringe on civil liberties and journalists are the most targeted for such attacks. The Civic Space Guard report on media monitoring report, which analysed 150 stories across 10 years (2012-2022) by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism confirmed this trend. Stakeholders at the public presentation of
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Amplify In-depth Media Conference and Awards by top media organisations in Nigeria will hold on December 8 and 9 in Lagos. The venue of the programme which will include the Amplify In-depth Media Conference and the 17th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting is NECA House, Hakeem Balogun Street, off Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.
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Until September 2022, she was the Editor of HumAngle+ and had earlier served as Managing Editor and Head of the Newsroom at HumAngle Media. Anita Eboigbe, Co-founder of Inside Nollywood and former Film Journalist/Box Office Analysis Lead at the News Agency of Nigeria in this interview with Lekan Otufodunrin speaks on her new role at
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Fifteen journalists and other professionals have been trained in Mobile Journalism by Media Mentors Network. The two weeks programme had five days of online sessions and three days physical training held in Minna, Niger state. The training sessions included basics of Mobile journalism, tools for Mobile journalism, photo editing, text animation and video editing. The
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Journalists who participated in the fourth edition of the media capacity-building session for journalists organized by Polaris Bank have commended the quality of the workshop. The annual media workshop, in its fourth edition held over the weekend, had in attendance over 152 participants, including renowned publishers, editors, Managing Directors of media houses, reporters, and
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Concerned about the poor coverage of news and activities in Taraba State in the national media when he was there for national youth service in 2011/12, Ayodele Samuel, a graduate from the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos started writing about the state on social media and other platforms. In 2016, he launched the Taraba
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will from Tuesday, October 4, 2022, commence receiving entries on the portal for the 17th edition of its Investigative Reporting award till Monday 24 October 2022 by 4 pm. The Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR), is for professional reporters or teams of reporters, whether full-time
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