Maximise skills acquired at Google training, Lagos NUJ Chair counsels journalists

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Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Adeleye Ajayi has advised journalists to maximize skills acquired at the training provided by Google in Lagos. Welcoming participants to the second batch of the Google News Lab training organised by the NUJ and Google in Lagos, Ajayi said it is the […]

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Nigeria’s Samad, nine others make shortlist for global Young Journalist award

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Nigeria’s Investigative multimedia journalist, Uthman Samad is on the shortlist of ten for the 2021 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. His selection along with nine others from over 200 entries from 55 countries by the foundation judging panel was announced on Friday. After the next rounds of judging, when three finalists will be named, the

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2021 African Fact-Checking Awards Winners

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Winners from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda and Senegal have emerged in the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards, held in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday 12 October 2021 as part of this year’s African Investigative Journalism Conference.  According to a statement by the organisers, Jean le Roux from the Digital Forensic Research Lab’s team in Cape Town, South Africa,

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Emekekwue, Ex, AfreximBank, UN comms executive to deliver Jacksonites lecture

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The former Director and Global Head of Communications and Events Management at Afreximbank, Obi Emekekwue is billed to deliver the 2nd Jacksonites Professional Development Series [JPDS] seminar.   Emekekwue’s lecture titled: “Crisis Survival in Today’s Viral World: The Communications Conundrum,” will examine effective communication as a way of navigating and managing the negative impact crisis

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Entries for Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting award open till October 24

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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has opened its application portal for interested journalists to apply for the sixteenth edition of its annual Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. According to a press statement by the Executive Director/ CEO of the organisation, Mrs Motunrayo Alaka,  Journalists from the print, online, photo, cartoon, television

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UDUS students emerge winners of African Reading Challenge

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Mohammed Adamu, a 500-level law student, and Toheeb Abdulrafiu, a former student of Economics, from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, were among the four winners in the September Reading Challenge organized by Students for Liberty, Africa. The reading challenge is a monthly book review for the libertarians who are also members of the organization across the

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‘What campus journalists should report about climate change, health’

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Campus journalists have been sensitized to the need to pay attention to climate change and health issues in their reporting. They were offered insights on the two important issues at a recent webinar organized by the National Union of Campus Journalists tagged “NUCJ Capacity Building: Climate and Health Reporting Webinar”. The facilitators were Akintude Babatunde

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‘How to win fellowships, get grants and freelance opportunities’

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Freelance Investigative and Development Journalist, Kelechukwu Iruoma has won many awards, grants and fellowships for his reports on many local and international platforms. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, he offers deep insights on his winning streak and what other interested journalists can do to maximise various opportunities.    Congratulations on the Fellowship on

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