Accidental Journalist In Nigeria’s Political and Economic History, a book by veteran journalist, Cordelia (Nwulu) Ukwoma is to be launched on July 28 in Abuja. The event will hold at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Near International Conference Centre by 2 pm. The book is an autobiography which captures Ukwuoma’s life and 35 years […]
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Titilope Fadare, an award-winning multimedia journalist with Premium Times is a Mobile Journalism Trainer. She is a 2021 Fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. In this interview with Blessing Osemobor, Fadare shares insights about mobile journalism, the impact, prospects and challenges. What is mobile journalism? Mobile
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Nairobi-based journalist Tom Osanjo has written a book, Kenyan Bible Stories, which he hopes will light up people’s interest in reading the scriptures. The book tells popular Bible stories but in a modern Kenyan setting. The book that was launched Thursday last week is already having favourable reviews on social media. The story of Abraham
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Yusuf Adua, an Investigative journalist and podcaster writes on the experiences of journalists with disabilities and how they can overcome their challenges in their media work. Before you walk a mile or less in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world, you find a person with one disability or the other struggling to get by.
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The media have been urged to focus on reporting issues at sub-national levels of government for democracy to work in Nigeria. Stakeholders made the call at the 14th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series themed ‘Can democracy work without a strong sub-national media?’ held virtually on Wednesday 13 July 2022. The lecture commemorated the 88th
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Media Programmes for the week: Programmes and activities scheduled for the week are conferences, training, Applications and the deadline for submission from 19th – 21st July 2022 compiled by Blessing Osemobor Tuesday, July 19, 2022 WEBINAR Are you a journalist reporting on violence against children? With @WHO, we created a media guide on the
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Media Programmes and activities scheduled for the week are conferences, training, applications and deadline for submission compiled by Blessing Osomobor Sunday, July 10, 2022 The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN), invites you to a public lecture for professional new media practitioners (bloggers, online journalists etc). Theme: A veritable tool for mass conscientization in
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Toyosi Ogunseye relocated to the BBC, London in 2022, as Senior News Editor for News and Commissioning, for the BBC programmes NewsDay, BBC OS and BBC Minute. Her focus is on the Latin American, Indian and African markets. She is the former Head of West Africa at the BBC where she managed the operations and
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Participants at a two-day Media Capacity Building Workshop on Safety/Security Consciousness and Mechanisms in Investigative Reporting and Coverage of Conflicts or Dangerous Assignments have suggested fourteen ways journalists can ensure their safety. They made the recommendations at the workshop organised by International Press Centre (IPC) for Journalists in Anambra, Delta and Edo States on
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The role of media at the sub-national levels of government will be in focus at the 14th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series on Wednesday 13 July 2022. ‘Can democracy work without a strong sub-national media?’ will be the theme of the webinar according to a press statement by the organisers,
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