animals

Call for stories on animals, nature

Animal Times Africa www.animaltimesafrica.com powered by Newsscreen Media Limited has called for stories ideas from young journalists interested in writing on animals and nature. Following its observation that journalists don’t write much on nature and animals, Newsscreen Media Limited said it is taking up the challenge to getting journalists interested in reporting the beat by […]

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Radio

Tributes for witty late radio presenter as colleague pleads for children’s support

By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Fans and colleagues of witty radio presenter, Emmanuella Pobeni Adepoju popularly known as Iya Jogbo have continued to pay her glowing tributes. Emmanuella died on Friday due to illness from Bronchitis and an enlarged heart, the management of TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News and Max FM Lagos and Abuja announced

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journalist

Nigerian journalist selected for Global Sustainable Solutions Fellowship

Writer and freelance journalist, Mr Daniel Whyte, has been selected as one of the four fellows to participate in the 2020 Global Sustainable Solutions Stories Fellowship. Oluwatomisin Amokeoja reports that the fellowship is a six-month paid media mentorship-fellowship combo offered by Climate Tracker in partnership with One Earth. Whyte announced the selection through the micro-blogging

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malaria

Call for training on malaria reporting

Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Journalism training opportunity is available for Anglophone journalists based in sub-Saharan Africa willing to participate in a new online training initiative that will develop their ability to report on malaria. The training by Thomson Reuters Foundation is to equip journalists on techniques to employ while reporting stories to curb widespread misinformation and disinformation

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remote

COVID-19 : My remote teaching experience with Mass Comm students

  Rasheed Adebiyi, Lecturer,  Consultant in Strategic & Applied Communication and Researcher writes on his experience and challenges of remote teaching at the Department of Mass Communication, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State The Coronavirus pandemic has come to disrupt the world we know as normal. Everyone has felt the sudden pause that the virus which

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Faleti

Remembering Adebayo Faleti ( broadcaster, actor, producer, writer)

Exactly three years today, multi-talented broadcaster, Adebayo Faleti recognized for pioneering many things in the Nigerian and African media, bid the world farewell at 86. Faleti was Nigeria’s first Yoruba presenter on television and radio. Pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), now known as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

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Resource, media

Call for training on Natural Resource Reporting

Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) ‘s Natural Resource and Extractives Programme (NAREP) has invited journalists to apply for virtual training on Nigeria’s Natural Resource and Extractive Sector Reporting in Nigeria. The training will focus on the following: – Oil and Gas (issues around stabilization mechanism, subsidy/under-recovery, legislation, NNPC’s recently published audited, etc.) – Solid

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journalists

‘How to access many opportunities for journalists despite the pandemic’

  Patrick Egwu, Nigerian award-winning freelance journalist currently a fellow on the Investigative Reporting programme of the Open Society Foundations at the University of the Witwatersrand speaks on the various opportunities journalists should take advantage of despite the impact of the pandemic on the media industry The COVID-19 pandemic occurred while you are on a

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