Former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief eSat TV, South Africa, Mapi Mhlangu, is a specialist in delivering compelling television news content and newsroom processes. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, she speaks on her career, state of the media in Africa and other issues. In October last year, you shared this tweet, “The Mapi I’m […]
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Adesola Ikulajolu, freelance journalist writes on the need for Mass Communication students to respond to the wake-up call to be more passionate about their course of study and maximise opportunities for practice. While growing up, if you were in the Science department in secondary school, your choice of profession or future career is either
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on managing journalism career against the background of layoffs and other circumstances that may cost journalists their jobs. One of my favourite inspiring quotes is “when life kicks you, let it kick you forward” by Kay Yow, an American Basketball coach who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball
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Crime Editor, New Telegraph, Juliana Francis who recently won three awards at the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) has named her newsroom heroes, mentors and role models who she praised for their contributions to her career success. Francis won the Defence Reporter, Power Reporter and Human Rights Reporter of the Year categories. She paid tributes
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The title of this piece is deliberately provocative. I want as many as possible more Mass Communication students to be angry and have the passion, the flair and mastery of writing required for journalism practice. I know many Mass Communication students who have demonstrable evidence of being outstanding journalists even before graduating, but we need many
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Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin highlights lessons from the career accomplishments of a female journalist in 2020 and suggests what journalists should do in 2021. In case you missed it, below is what Elfredah Kelvin, a journalist based in Port Harcourt, River State shared online on December 31 titled ” OVERVIEW OF INCREDIBLE 2020″ about
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Muhyideen Kolawole makes a case for more freedom for the Nigeria press which according to Article 19 continues to be hindered in various ways. It was a tough period of grievance and protest. Nigerians protested against the daily brutality of the police. It was an abuse of human rights, citizenship and a form of ‘milicrazy’.
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Lekan Otufodunrin, former Group News Editor of The Punch recalls in his Newsroom Diary series an encounter with staff when he had to apologise for a statement. I can’t remember exactly what he did that got me very angry that afternoon. It must have been something I just couldn’t take that made me uncharacteristically lash out
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Nigerian science writer, Abdullahi Tsanni has been named along with three others for the four early-career science journalism fellowship by The Open Notebook, (TON). The other fellows are Pedro Márquez-Zacarías, a PhD candidate in quantitative biosciences at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, María Paula Rubiano A., Colombian freelance science journalist and Carolyn Wilke, Chicago-based freelance journalist.
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What’s the big deal about winning media awards? Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist, explains why awards should be given due consideration by journalists. The best journalist is not necessarily an award-winning journalist. There are many things involved in winning media awards. Usually, except in a few cases, interested persons have to apply and meet
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