In a recent Facebook post, the Publisher of Todaysnewsafrica.com, Simon Ateba complained about online publishers who plagiarize his website’s contents without due credit or permission. According to Ateba, there is nothing wrong in quoting an article, a publication or an author, but “when you republish an entire article and give yourself a by-line as if […]
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Executive Director of Media Career Development Network in August featured in a Facebook Live chat with Ruth Olurounbi, editor and communications manager on the Content Creator in Nigeria’s Post-COVID future of media. His responses during the chat are published below. Who is a content creator? Put simply, a content creator is someone who creates content
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Media Programmes scheduled to hold this week include training, call for entries among others between Monday, September 14-Saturday, September 19, 2020). The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details: Monday, September 14, 2020 Africa’s first independent fact-checking website invite for a special project manager closes today. Qualified applicant will be responsible
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Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Information for All Programme, Ms Dorothy Gordon, has charged Africans to embrace emerging technologies for telling and promoting their own stories. Gordon gave the charge at The Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) 7th Annual and 1st Virtual Conference with the
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A print media reaching out from Abuja is currently in need of a news reporter and an editor. Responsibility Include: The ideal candidate should be able to collect information on assigned topics to report accurate and timely news. Talk to sources, follow-up on leads, and do research to be as well informed as possible. Fact-check
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Former General Manager, LagosTV/ Radio Lagos and Eko FM, Mr Lekan Ogunbanwo has been appointed as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of PlusTV Africa. His appointment was announced in a statement by the Chairman of General News and Entertainment Media Group, owners of the station, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Ogunbanwo
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Nigerian journalists who have maternal health story ideas can apply for the Maternal Figures Reporting Grant. With the support of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Maternal Figures will support two journalists every quarter with a stipend to cover a maternal health story. To apply for the reporting grants, journalists must attend one Maternal Figures
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African Women in Media (AWiM) needs consultants to develop training packages for women journalists covering Labour Migration in Africa. The consultant will among other tasks design and develop an online course package on a relevant journalism topic for which the consultant is expert and produce engaging materials including, but not limited to short videos and quizzes. He or
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the opportunity for women journalists to get funds for story and project ideas citing The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF). To survive as a journalist in the present disrupted media landscape requires more than being able to write or produce a programme.
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By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured journalists of their safety while covering the Edo and Ondo elections coming up on September 19 and October 10 respectively. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi,Oyekanmi, gave the assurance at a webinar on Edo/Ondo elections themed “The imperative of safety
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