It was a melting point ideas and innovation on Saturday, June 17, as a team of female journalists tell their stories using data to a team of technologists on Saturday June 17, 2017 at Civic Hub, Yaba, Lagos. Hack/Hackers is a digital community of people who seek to inspire each other, share information (and code) […]
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Are you a journalist, editor, or blogger interested in learning how to make and publish your own charts? Then, you should apply for a workshop based on Atlas chart-building platform with Quartz Africa. Quartz Africa is obsessed with data, especially the lack for Africa-focused data and data visualization. Through the chart-building training, quartz Africa aim to
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TruthBuzz, a viral fact-checking international contest from International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is looking for ideas that turn fact-checking into engaging, visual and interactive stories that are instantly understandable and shareable. TruthBuzz a contest which is supported by the Craig Newmark Foundation aims to invent new ways to help verified facts reach the widest possible audience. It
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Crusoe Osagie, a correspondent of THIS DAY Newspaper, has been appointed as Special Adviser, Media and Communication Strategy to the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki. Crusoe, until his appointment, was in charge of Agriculture and Industry desk at THIS DAY newspaper.
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Crusoe Osagie, a correspondent of THIS DAY Newspaper, has been appointed as Special Adviser, Media and Communication Strategy to the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki. Crusoe, until his appointment, was in charge of Agriculture and Industry desk at THIS DAY newspaper.
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All is set for the fourth edition of the Women in Journalism (WiJAfrica), the annual conference for women in journalists in Lagos on July 6. Conference Director of WIJ2017, Yomi Owope in a statement explained that the 2017 edition of the conference themed “Pioneers, Innovators and the Brave New World,” aims to highlight industry players
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A Medical practitioner, Dr Akintayo Akintoba, on June 19, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that series of medical examinations have been conducted on a battered journalist, Mr Yomi Olomofe, when he was contacted after the attack on the newsman. According to Vanguard, Akintoba, who is called as a second witness, gave the
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English is one of the most complex languages in existence today and it is the language of communication and journalism. With approximately 372 million speakers in 106 countries, it’s also one of the most widely spoken languages. As a journalist, whether English is your first, second, third or fourth language, there are always ways to improve
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After writing the first piece on this topic, I recalled buying a book titled Online Market for Writers: How to make money by selling your writing on the Internet by Anthony Tedesco and Paul Tedesco while returning from a trip abroad. The book first published in 2000 before social media became the in thing, contained
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In my free booklet, NewAge Journalism: Conversation with my daughter (Available in print and soft copy if you contact me by email: lekanagency@yahoo.com) the point was made about how journalists must explore earning payment from writing content for various platforms. I often get asked if I have a list of local and international platforms who will
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