Falobi : Unforgettable Journalist, media activist par excellence

Journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin recalls the media exploits of the late founding executive director of Journalists Against AIDS, Omololu Falobi who died 15 years ago. How time flies indeed. 15 years on October 5 when the founding Executive Director of Journalists Against (JAAIDS) Omololu Falobi, journalist per excellence and media visionary […]

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OMOLOLU FALOBI: 15 years after, still sorely missed

Sanmi Falobi, Programme Manager of the International Press Centre, pays tributes to his late elder brother, founding Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS, Omololu Falobi. Fifteen years ago (October 5, 2006), yet-to-be-identified assailants cut you short with bullets, strapped to the seat of your car as you drove home, leaving us in shock and anguish.

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‘My great Columbia Journalism School learning experience’

Banjo Damilola is an award-winning Nigerian investigative journalist. She had worked with Sahara Reporters and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A year ago, Banjo enrolled for a Masters Degree at the Columbia Journalism School, one of the oldest journalism schools in the world, located in New York, United States of America (USA). In this online

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Wole Soyinka media award Overall Winners (2013-2021)

List of past overall winners of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (2008-2020) and winning entries. 2008 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalist Of The Year Deji Badmus Story: In the name of the Police Category: TV Media: Channels Television 2012 WSCIJ-Nigerian Investigative Journalist Of The Year Idris Akinbajo Story: The Massive MDG Fraud Category: Online Media:

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‘Our experience writing solution stories’

Under the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative, Nigeria Health Watch has assembled and trained the first cohort of Solutions Journalists in the country who are being supported to produce stories. The participating media organisations are News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria Info FM, Pulse Nigeria, THISDAY Newspapers, Leadership Newspapers, Daily Trust Newspapers, TalkHealth9ja, Sparkling FM Calabar, Freedom

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Solutions Journalism project for educators, journalists in Nigeria

No fewer than 50 educators, journalists and students from 27 tertiary institutions and media organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria will benefit from the Solutions Journalism project by Solutions Journalism Africa Fellow, Folarin Jamiu of Crescent University, Abeokuta.  Jamiu, who announced this in a statement, said arrangements have been finalized to host a workshop and training

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DAME @ 30: Call for media award entries

The Trustees of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME)—Africa’s longest-running media awards programme—invite entries for its 30th edition of works produced in 2020 in the following Print, Online, and Broadcast categories: Reporting (12) Agriculture Reporting Business Reporting Child-Friendly Reporting Education Reporting Insurance Reporting Investigative Reporting Judiciary Reporting Lagos Reporting Nutrition Reporting Radio Reporting Sports Reporting Television

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