COVID-19: Seven ways journalists should maintain mental, emotional wellbeing

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Chika Mefor-Nwachukwu of Leadership Newspapers writes on the online course she participated in with the support of the Media Career Development Network on why journalists should prioritize their mental health as they go about reporting the Covid-19 pandemic. Everybody needs this knowledge, but the journalists and other frontline workers (especially health workers) need it all […]

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‘How I Won My First International Media Fellowship’

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Gilbert Alasa, a Media and Communications professional based in Lagos writes on how his writing content for mediacareerng.org paid off with participation in two global fellowships. He also writes on the need to consciously foster an ecosystem that connects us with the right people and platforms despite the various challenges that abound. It was a

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UNLOCKED: Writings from COVID-19 lockdown (E-Book)

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UNLOCKED is a compilation of incisive writings of accomplished journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin during the five weeks lockdown of Lagos and other parts of Nigeria due to the coronavirus crisis. Divided into three sections: Motivation, Interviews, Opinion/Analysis, the purpose of this E-book is to showcase what he was able to achieve

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Call for more global collaborative reporting

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Amidst the ravaging COVID-19 crisis across the globe, which has wrecked so much havoc and also affected physical gatherings, there have been renewed calls for more newsrooms collaboration at the 2020 collaborative journalism summit. The 2020 summit which was held virtually, had in attendance over 400 journalists, including two young Nigerian Journalists — Alao Abiodun

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COVID-19: Help avert catastrophe in the media, NUJ urges Buhari

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Worried by the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media industry, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written President Muhammadu Buhari asking for a financial bail-out to avert a “avert a catastrophe”. Full text of the letter signed by the President, Chris Isiguzo is reproduced below:   NUJ/NS/10/P/1/VOL I His Excellency, President

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Stakeholders list four-point survival strategies for media

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Media owners, managers and practitioners have been urged to become more digital in their operations in order to survive. They also need to be more creative, innovative and technology-driven according to the recommendations in a communique issued at the end of the National Media Virtual Roundtable jointly organised by ActionAid Nigeria and Journalists Against Poverty.

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Adamawa correspondents’ scary, stigamatising COVID-19 experience

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Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Yola based freelance correspondent writes on the experience of members of the correspondents chapel in Adamawa State when a member tested positive for COVID-19.  It was a big relief and celebration time for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa state when the result of

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Requirements for success in media entrepreneurship

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Broadcaster and Life Coach, Jewel Onyeneke reports on insights shared by Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist at training on “Understanding and Perfecting Basic Media Entrepreneurship Trends and Skills”   Worldwide, normal meetings and other social gatherings, including birthdays and weddings have been banned and confined to social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Zoom and

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