Viable, diverse, stable and safe – is this really too much for media to ask?

The World Association of Newspaper Publishers in this message to mark the 2021 World Press Freedom Day makes a case for a viable, diverse, stable and safe media  Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information ecosystem. How many media worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual […]

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Five finalists named for Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award

Five finalists have been named for the inaugural edition of the  Lekan Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award for outstanding student journalists in the country. The award in honour of Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Nigeria’s foremost media career coaching and mentoring organisation is the initiative of two of his former junior colleagues at

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COVID-19: How journalists can report complex science issues

Journalists have been urged to fully understand scientific terms and issues to appropriately report them. Former Deputy Editor of The Nation, Dr Olayinka Oyegbile stated this in a presentation at the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) Media Roundtable in Lagos titled Reporting of Complex Science stories. According to him, the role of journalists is first

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IPC holds webinars, stakeholders forum to mark WPFD

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos will mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), with a two-part event starting with a webinar on Thursday, April 29, 2021, on ‘Safety, Security and Management of Trauma in Coverage of Dangerous Assignments’. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, IPC, in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild

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PROJECT ASSISTANT – ILLUMINATE NIGERIA

A social enterprise and advocacy organisation seeks a young, dynamic and self-motivated individual to work as a project assistant. The successful candidate shall work on the organisation’s sanitary pad media campaign and Funke Treasure Table Tennis Championship among other special projects. Required Qualification Minimum of HND or First degree in the humanities or social sciences

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