Pioneer Chief Economist and former Chairman of the Editorial Board of BusinessDay newspaper, Dr Ogho Okiti on Monday, January 6 resumed as the new Managing Director of the publication. He announced his resumption in a tweet via his twitter handle @Dr_Okiti stating that he was delighted and expressed thanks for best wishes on his appointment. […]
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One sure way to achieve any goal in whatever endeavour is to clearly define it and know what is required to accomplish it. In 2020, our advice at Media Career Development Network in this piece by Executive Director, Lekan Otufodunrin, is that you decide what you want to achieve in your media career and stop
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Winners have emerged in the 28th edition of the Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) during the award ceremony held on Sunday in Lagos. Winners in different categories are as follows: Best Designed Newspaper Punch Newspapers (Winner) This Day Newspaper (First runner-up) Vanguard New paper (Second runner-up) Editorial Cartooning Bennet Omeke; The Punch – Power
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Thirty-seven-year-old journalist and former editor of BBC’s Abuja Bureau Naziru Mikailu Abubakar has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief/Executive Director of Daily Trust newspaper. The Board of Directors of Media Trust Limited, publishers of the newspapers in a statement on December 29 announced that Naziru is taking over from Mannir Dan-Ali who has served in
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In December 2018, Lekan Otufodunrin resigned from The Nation Newspapers as Managing Editor, Online and Special Publications to become Executive Director of Media Career Development Network. One year after his exit from daily news operations, Otufodunrin shares lessons learnt and offers advice for journalists planning to move on from their present job. Don’t leave
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More than uploading content on websites and blogs, every publisher needs to know what it really takes to make money online. Simeon Ateba, publisher of United States-based todaynewsafrica.com in his facebook post republished below shares the golden rule about online income generation. When it comes to making money via your website, we all know the
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TheCable Nigeria an online newspaper has vacancies for three editorial positions. The vacancies are for Business Correspondent, Finance Correspondent and Energy Correspondent. The Business Correspondent must have “relevant journalism experience, with strong analytical, creative and organisational skills.” He or she must be proficient in modern, digital journalism, while experience as a business editor in a
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By Kelechi Amakoh To think that a Nigerian newspaper dedicated an important part of an edition to chide another national newspaper is befuddling. No doubt, Daily Trust missed the mark with their editorial last Thursday. From the editorial’s title: “That Punch Editorial”, it was clear that Daily Trust was only interested in rubbishing The Punch’s December 11 editorial. One wonders the political atmosphere
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O’Femi Kolawole is an award-winning journalist and author who has practised journalism for about 19 years. The author of THE GATEKEEPERS; a biography of Nigerian newspaper editors, media scholars, public relation practitioners, political leaders and researchers, Kolawole recently unveiled another publication tilted Nigerian JOURNALISM to celebrate 160 years of journalism in Nigeria. In this interview
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Oyinlola Awonuga The International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) has applauded practising women journalist for their resilience despite the various challenges they have to cope with. In a publication on 19 women changing journalism in 2019, noted that “it is not easy being a woman journalist” Nearly one-third of early-career journalists according to the foundation considered
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