The Board of Directors of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced the appointment of Mrs Motunrayo Alaka as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. Chairman of the Board, Professor Ropo Sekoni who announced the appointment in a statement said the decision was taken a board meeting held on September 19, 2019. […]
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The Red Media Africa has invited applications for its Management Trainee Programme tagged, “BOOTCAMP SEASON 11.” ” We are looking for the next generation of media leaders” the company stated in an announcement of the vacancy covering Communication and Customer Experience Consulting, Elections, Governance and Political Consulting, Television and Online Content. Others are Video Editors, Photographers,
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Head of News, Silverbird TV and Rhythm FM, Mr. Mustapha Isah has been elected as the Acting President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). Isah was until his election Vice President (West). He was elected at the standing committee meeting of the Guild held on Friday, November 8, 2019, at Editors’ house, Ikeja, Lagos-State
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The fifth annual Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum (ABMI) began on Monday in Dakar, Senegal with the theme of ‘Business Strategies for African Media’ The forum will explore promising approaches to fostering a vibrant, competitive media sector on the continent. Below are some tweets on some of the key points made by speakers and
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The 2nd Annual Thrive Women Conference organized by Thrive Women Solutions (TWS) will hold on Thursday 14th November 2019 at Sheba Centre, Ikeja, Lagos. The conference supported by Media Career Development Network is a one-day event for 500 participants targeted at enlightening and empowering female entrepreneurs, stay at home mums looking for opportunities to better
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has accused the Federal and State Government of suppressing press freedom in Nigeria. SERAP stated this in a report titled: “A Downward Spiral”: How Federal and State Authorities Are Tightening the Screws on Media Freedom in Nigeria. The report was presented by Richard Akinnola, a human rights and
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By Oyinlola Awonuga A fact-checker, and Nigerian Editor of Africa Check, Mr. David Ajikobi has advised journalists and social media influencers to always check their facts before publishing. Ajikobi made this statement during a recent conference for journalists at the Goethe Institut in Lagos. The event aimed at training journalists on fact-checking had participants from media
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Speakers and participants at the just concluded African Investigative journalism conference in Johannesburg offered their thoughts on various issues concerning the practice of the profession. Some of the perspectives shared are as followed @AIJC_Conference As journalists, we need to rethink our paradigms of work. How relevant is the story we tell to our society? Is
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Who is saying what at the on-going African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa? Below are some of the major tweets on the first day of the conference compiled from the #AIJ and #AIJC2019 hashtag. “Our main aim as journalists is to unveil the truth and what is then done with that information
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The 2019 edition of the African Investigative Journalism Conference has opened in Johannesburg, South Africa with participants ad speakers from across the globe. The three-day conference is organised by the Journalism Programme of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg. The conference promises to offer the best of investigative stories and speakers, inspiration,
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