The beginning of a new year is one of the best times for every professional, including media practitioners to review their career journeys and explore options to maximise available opportunities. In this first interview of the year on her Media Talk Show, Media and Communication Specialist Adebisi Adetunji spoke with the Executive Director of Media […]
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In commemoration of the 80th birthday of veteran broadcaster and public administrator Aremo Taiwo Allimi, the book Footprint in Broadcasting: The professional odyssey of Aremo Taiwo Allimi was launched in his honour recently in Lagos. The book, authored by the Deputy Director, Digital Media, Voice of Nigeria, Dr Qasim Akinreti, among others, comprehensively chronicles the
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Former Chief-of-Staff of Big Cabal Media, Anita Eboigbe is now the Chief Operating Officer of the company. “I am kicking off 2025 with a new title—Chief Operating Officer of Big Cabal Media, the parent company of TechCabal, Zikoko and TechCabal Insights. ” Eboigbe said in a post on LinkedIn and X on Friday. Eboigbe is
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Nigerian founder and convener of FactCheckAfrica, Olasupo Abideen joins global media leaders selected for the new cohort of the AI Journalism Labs as they kick off with an in-person session at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY today. Mr Olasupo was named among the 23 selected journalists, strategists, and executives from across
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Dr Timehin Saheed Olurotimi reviews FOOTPRINTS IN BROADCASTING: The Professional Odyssey of Aremo Taiwo Allimi by Qasim Akinreti, PhD. In ‘Footprints in Broadcasting’, the author, in three short chapters, gives brief information about the background of Aremo Taiwo Allimi, his early years, and his appointments in the public service. The remaining seven chapters are dedicated to
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Students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) have proven their mettle at the 2024 Campus Journalism Awards; sweeping multiple honours and other awards. Yet, as this piece is being written, the school management deemed it necessary to remain apathetically inclined; this historic feat wasn’t even causally mentioned in the school bulletin! This lack of recognition
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If there is one thing Sigma Award for Data Journalism winner, Mansir Muhammad would love to change in Nigerian newsrooms and journalism work in Nigeria, it is their ability to infuse data in their work. “I want to go to news reports and see data bridging the gap,” the GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle said in
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When Usmanu Yakubu Usmanu, a recent graduate of Literature at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) began his career as a campus journalist, he was not sure how journalists pitch stories and how to craft similar ones that would impact society. He had to search the internet where he got few ideas which was not sufficient
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In a bid to empower female journalists across Africa and Francophone countries, the African Women in Journalism Project (AWJP) – a prestigious initiative recognizing and celebrating exceptional women in journalism – in collaboration with the International Centre for Journalism Foundation (ICJF) and LightRay! Media hosted a networking session featuring Lady Ejiro Umukoro as the guest
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He would not be 40 until 16th March, this year, but the year-long celebration of the 40 years on earth of Chude Jideonwo who has a record of amazing accomplishments in show hosting, filmmaking, media production and media entrepreneurship has commenced. The info-graphics Chude posted on LinkedIn on January 3 titled Chude is celebrating aptly
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