The management of The Guardian Newspaper Limited has announced the appointment of Mr Martins Oloja as the Managing Director of the publication. His appointment was approved by the Board of the company last Thursday. In a statement to staff, the management said Oloja, who retains his role as the Editor-in-Chief, has been a resourceful member […]
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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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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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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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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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Journalists in West Africa have published some solutions journalism reports on various sectors. Below are links to some reports. Enlightenment as a tool to reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria The birth of a baby brings joy to the community and ultimately compensates the mother for her endurance all through the nine months of pregnancy. Sadly,
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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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