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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Journalists from across Africa have won various categories of the Labour Migration Reporting Awards. The awards were hosted by African Women in Media (AWiM), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP). The winners and their categories are:
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Winners have emerged for the 2020 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) at the ceremony held on Friday night in Lagos. With 895 entries assessed, The Nation with a total of 14 awards had 38 nominations in various categories. New Telegraph, 22 nominations, The Guardian had 17, PUNCH 14, Vanguard eight and The Sun two nominations. The Guardian Newspapers won five of the
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Two hundred and seventy-four journalists were jailed in relation to their work globally this year according to the annual global survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The record number of affected journalists’ exceeding 272 in 2016 as at December 1 followed arrests of many covering COVID-19 or political `instability by authoritarian nations. “ Amid
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A call has been made for a review of existing regulatory provisions to make a commitment to the welfare of journalists by employers enforceable. The call was made in a communique issued at the end of a stakeholders forum on Journalists safety and press freedom limitations in Nigeria organized by the International Press Centre. Participants
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The Deputy Editor/Editorial Board Chairman of BusinessDay, Tayo Fagbule has been appointed editor of the business and financial daily newspaper. He replaces Patrick Atuanya who recently resigned his appointment alleging corporate malpractice and bad management of the company. Fagbule is a graduate of Economics from the University of Lagos and holds an MBA from the
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