Only very few women hold top management and leadership positions in the Nigeria media. The positions remain largely male-dominated with no sign that the theme of the 2020 International Women’s Day “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights” #Eachforrequal will be achieved soon in the sector. An excerpt from the full report of the Gender audit of […]
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Freelance editor and investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo who is one of the three finalists for the International Journalist of the Year 2020 award by the One World Media has a track record of outstanding performance back in his days as a student journalist. He was the winner of the 2009 Student category of the Nigeria
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Following the lockdown and restriction of movement to curb the spread of coronavirus, virtual meetings/webinars have become an alternative for physical meetings and training sessions. Kehinde Adegboyega offers tips on how to prepare to participate and maximize online sessions. Set up your calendar and reminder. It’s very easy to forget that you have a webinar
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Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi writes on what she learnt from a webinar by the International Centre for journalists and how she has been applying the lessons in her coverage of COVID-19 I never liked Virtual/webinar meetings but COVID-19 has left me with no choice but to adapt to the current trend. The outbreak of COVID-19 took journalists
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Jennifer Aliu-Kadiri writes on what she learnt at a recent webinar on storytelling with the support of the Media Career Development Network. When the lockdown commenced in Lagos, many people were confused as to what they could spend their time doing. Some, were alone with no means of income to take care of their basic
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Editor and Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo is one of the three finalists for the One World Media Award’s International Journalist of the Year 2020. The others on the three-man shortlist are Sky News’ Alex Crawford and BBC News’ John Sudworth. The shortlist was selected from the longlist of eleven finalists including journalists from Independent, Al
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The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has been asked to sanction the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi for allegedly misconducting himself, breaching his oath of office and the Code of Conduct for Public Officers following his recent attacks on journalists in the State. Two Lagos-based media support organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International
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The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), calls on Journalists as the watchdog of the society and the “fourth estate of the realm” to encourage freedom of speech as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution, the fundamental objectives contained in chapter II of the Constitution and uphold the responsibility of accountability of the
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Olubunmi Fagade Ekhator, Publisher of Afroline Magazine in Italy writes of her experience of working from home since March 5, 2020, due to the lockdown over Coronavirus The first time I heard about this virus was early January. A friend who works for the United Nations warned about a kind of virus ravaging in Wuhan,
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In order to keep the people informed on COVID-19 and efforts made to combat the pandemic, journalists worldwide risk their health and safety daily. Not much consideration is however often given by journalists on how to protect themselves. There have been cases of some journalists who have been infected with the virus, while some have
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