By Lekan Otufodunrin Journalism teachers should stop telling their students that studying Mass Communication is equal to signing a pact with poverty. I just read My Dossier: A celebration of 20 years in Christian Journalism by Wole Olarinde, publisher of Christian Benefit Magazine in which he recalled what one of his lecturer at The Polytechnic, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that firm and decisive action against any action that infringes on the rights of other citizens or threatens to undermine our National Security, Oyinlola Awonuga reports. Buhari who gave the warning in his Independence Day broadcast on Tuesday said the federal government is increasingly focusing on cyber-crimes and abuse of
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Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief of The Straits Times on how journalists and newsrooms contribute to the societies they are meant to serve. Day by day, our fast-changing world grows more complex, confusing and challenging. The United States is at odds with China. The planet is getting warmer faster. Technology is disrupting just about every industry, from
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Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief, The Straits Times writes that Credible content that audiences value and new sources of revenue needed to sustain newsrooms The poster boy for robust health in the media industry used to have decidedly Indian features. Even as their counterparts elsewhere languished, Indian media houses were once busy launching new titles, snapping up
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By Shefali Rekhi Forty newsrooms celebrated the positive impact of professional journalism on their communities on World News Day (WND) on Saturday (Sept 28).Two new titles joined the initial 38 on the eve of the day: Publico, a Portuguese national newspaper and The Telegraph of India.Newsrooms around the world, including two from Nigeria, The Nation and
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In commemoration of the World News Day, we asked our interns, Oloruntimilehin Ayomide and Adeyemi Temitayo , to speak to with fellow students on the importance of news to them. Excerpts from the interviews reproduced below: ADEOLA DANIEL OLUWASEGUN, Tai Solarin University of Education How important is news to you? News to me is a
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Following recent appointments at the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, the media house now has three female title editors. They are Raliat Ahmed-Yusuf, Daily Editor, Bukola Ogunsina, Sunday Editor and Victoria Omuya Usman, Friday Editor. Ahmed-Yusuf, a graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, joined the newspaper in 2006 as a Proof Reader and later served as
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The Board of Directors, Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph Newspaper, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodele Aminu as the new Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the media house. Aminu whose appointment takes immediate effect takes over from the former MD/EIC, Mrs Funke Egbemode who has been nominated as Commissioner-designate in Osun
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Three accomplished journalists have been named as new members of the Board of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos following the reconstitution of its Governing Board. The new members named ahead of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the organization in October are Provost of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye,
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What does it take to become a leader in the newsroom? Lekan Otufodunrin offers some nuggets for aspiring journalists Know your job very well and do it even if you are not acknowledged. It will count for you sooner or later in your organization or somewhere else. Do more than you are assigned to do
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