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Top tips on launching career in sports photography

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Canon pros agree that it’s important to charter your own course in sports photography – whether that’s in your training or finding your own niche With the Summer of sports underway, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) Ambassadors Molly Darlington, Eddie Keogh (https://bit.ly/2VUhCEz) Martin Bissig (https://bit.ly/3yFgRgG) and Richard Walch (https://bit.ly/3yLCxaW) offer advice for aspiring, young sports photographers. Use youth and inexperience to your advantage As a […]

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Journalism: How to know the risk to take – Soyombo

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At a recent programme by the United States Consulate in Lagos, acclaimed Investigative journalist and Founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Nigeria, ‘Fisayo Soyombo was asked what extent of risk is too much for a journalist to take in getting a story, however important. His first response was that the answer lies in

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Vacancies: Reporters for South-East, South South

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PREMIUM TIMES is seeking young reporters to strengthen its coverage of the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of Nigeria. Ideal candidates should have the ability: To collect, verify and analyse newsworthy information To write and deliver audience-centred news stories that can enhance our audience’s rights to know and guide them to make informed decisions To

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Diary: ‘How COVID-19 lockdown enhanced my journalism experience’

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Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we just began the (2019/2020) academic session and it was my third year at the university. I cruised through life, attending lectures, spending time with my learning colleagues, and engaged actively in journalism activities on campus. Little did I know my fast-paced life would come to a halt in

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United States Media fellowship for Nigerian journalist

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in association with the World Press Institute is offering an exciting opportunity for an early- to mid-career Nigerian journalist with at least five years of professional experience to take up a media fellowship in the United States in March-May 2022. The program is open to journalists

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BRMC partners LASU for #MediaMentorsSeries conference

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Radio presenters and media professionals across the country will, on Tuesday, August 31st, meet at the season two of the BRMC Media Mentors Series, a conference hosted by The Broadcast Radio Master Class. The conference will hold at The Nest Technology Innovation Hub, Hughes Avenue, Alagomeji Yaba Lagos. BRMC’s Operations Director, Fola Folayan, said the

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Motunrayo Alaka

The case for more female media managers

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In her opening address at the 4th edition of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP), last Monday in Lagos, the Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Mrs Motunrayo Alaka made a renewed call for more women in the leadership of media organisations in the country. She expressed concern about the low

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New president for International Center for Journalists

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Senior Vice President of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), Sharon Moshavi, has been named as the new president of the organization from September 7, 2021. She will replace Joyce Barnathan, who is retiring after more than 15 years at the helm. Moshavi, according to a statement by ICFJ has played a pivotal role in

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TheCable’s Asadu joins Associated Press

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Senior Staff Writer of TheCable, Chinedu Asadu has joined the global news service The Associated Press as a correspondent in Nigeria. Asadu who also served as Investigative Officer of the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation announced his movement in a LinkedIn post last Wednesday. He was also a Contributor to The Africa Report. “ Happy to

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Editor, have you been sexually harassed by a female journalist?

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The question caught me off guard. Although I was the only male facilitator at the training session with 21 female journalists, I had assumed that my role during the ‘ladies talk’ on staying safe and managing conflicts which was dominated by sexual harassment experience was to listen and offer my advice. I wasn’t expecting to

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