More than ever before, journalists need to master storytelling as media consumption habits keep changing due to a combination of access to the internet, mobile telephony and evolving digital technology Founder/Director The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe stated this in a presentation at a virtual workshop in commemoration of the 55th birthday of Mr HAKEEM BELLO, […]
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Mr. Aliu Akoshile, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, NatureNews and former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Times in this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin spoke on his recent rescue work in the Daily Times, new media project and the way out of the challenges in the industry. Your exit from Daily Times came as a surprise considering some major
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Juliana Francis, Head of the Crime Desk at New Telegraph Newspapers who has covered the Police beat for about 18 years, was the lead discussant at a webinar organized by PlatformAfrica on the state of the Nigeria Police on Saturday. She offers insights on the rot in the Police Force over the years and suggests
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Media Programmes and activities scheduled to hold this week include training, election, call for applications, deadlines, among others between Monday, October 19- Saturday, October 24, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, October 19, 2020 Migration and Journalism Congress A journalist and migration expert, Tobore Ovuorie, is set to
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There are various dimensions to the #ENDSARS protest which the media should be focusing on. Lekan Otufodunrin suggests some possible story ideas for consideration. Peaceful protests The protests have been substantially peaceful except for a few incidents where some hoodlums attacked the protesters in some states resulting in some persons being wounded or killed. What
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Great insights and tips have been shared by speakers at the on-going African Investigative Journalism Conference. We bring you some of the top tweets on various aspects of investigative journalism Story writing “Be patient with your story. Take your time, check the story, go back and check the story again. To provide a reliable
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The maiden edition of the Campus Journalism initiative by Dataphyte will be launched on October 15 with the induction of 155 ambassadors selected from 35 tertiary institutions across the country. The induction will be followed by an intensive data journalism training on the 15th and 16th of October 2020 according to a statement by Founder/CEO
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By Dayo Emmanuel Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Lagos, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin has advised journalists to take personal responsibility for their career and not leave it to their employer’s. Otufodunrin gave the advice at a workshop for journalists in Bayelsa State organised by MCDN and sponsored by the United States Consulate General,
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Excerpt from DISTORTION, mental health crime fiction novel by Ejiro Umukoro is a multi-award-winning Broadcaster, Investigative Journalist and Social Entrepreneur Umu-Oti was in an uproar. There was pandemonium. Tears flowed from many faces. Children wailed and adults screamed expletives. They had never seen anything like that before in their town. All roads led to the Skills Acquisition
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Against the background of criticism of coverage of the #ENDSARS protests by the traditional media, we asked a digital media expert to highlight the missing elements. Below is his verdict. 1.While some of the TV stations have had noteworthy interviews, most traditional media outfits simply have not used online tools and data journalism practices effectively.
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