Six hundred members of the Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) are to be trained by Google News Lab on new Data Skills for News titled “Fundamentals and Verification for News” The 4-hour training according to a press statement by the council, will commence on September 30, and run through October 14, October […]
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How many Managing Editors of major national newspapers in Nigeria who are women do you know? There is probably none for now, except Stella Iyaji of Daily Trust Newspaper, who is one of the very few women occupying top management positions in the print media sector in the country. Iyaji who marked her birthday on
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For Kofi Adu Domfeh (Ghana) a development journalist from Ghana, winning the African Press Organisation (APO) Group Media Award is one of the major highlights of his career. The award gave him the opportunity to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai to attend an International Conference on Energy which featured the Africa
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Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) is intensifying its support for media organisations in Nigeria to adopt Solutions Journalism reporting in the country. Under the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative, it 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
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Chairman of the editorial board of The Herald newspapers and Secretary of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria chapter, Raheem Adedoyin has been elected along with 15 others to the governing board of the organisation in Vienna. Adedoyin was elected unopposed on October 16 to the board at the 70th General Assembly of IPI holding
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Veteran communicator and marketing executive who is now Correspondent of Bloomberg on Nigeria’s Cocoa industry, Tolani Awere at the Communication Masterclass by University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) spoke of how to prepare for a career in specialised reporting. I am glad and grateful for the opportunity given to me by the Dean
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Leading civil society organisations in Nigeria have kicked against the lingering suspension of the operations of Twitter, a microblogging and social networking service by the Federal Government in the country. The organisations are Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Enough Is Enough (EiE) Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative (PIN). The organisations made
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The need for the media to constantly hold the government accountable to the people has been restated at the just concluded 8th conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) in Port-Harcourt. Guest speakers, panellists and discussants who made the call in their speeches and presentations stated that the media should effectively
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The International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have called for entries from individuals and organizations in Nigeria for their National Freedom of Information (FOI) Awards. The organizations also called for a National FOI Essay Competition for Mass Communications and journalism undergraduates of Nigerian universities as part of activities to commemorate the 10th
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), with the support of the U.S. State Department Office of Africa Regional Services, is now recruiting African journalists for a series of trainings on Mobile Journalism. The Journalists according to a statement by the Information Specialist Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the US Consulate in Lagos, Temitayo Famutimi will
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