Yellow Bloom consulting is an equal opportunity learning & development, mentorship and media consulting organisation focused on delivering impact to clients and stakeholders across the spectrum of influence. The Role We are looking for a young, energetic and innovative junior executive with working knowledge of IT to initiate, develop and execute our training activities. The […]
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Book Review Title: The Work of a Press Secretary Author: Burkard Weth, formerly press attaché German Embassy Nigeria. Publisher: Shaker Media Germany Year of Publication: 2019 Number of Pages: 58 ISBN: 978-3-95631-709-5 Reviewer: Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, editor WADONOR, Cultural voice of the Niger Delta Introduction Many factors make Dr Burkard Weth’s book The Work of a
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Journalists in Niger state have been trained on how to address the misinformation and disinformation resulting in rumours and misconceptions on the COVID-19 vaccines. They were trained at a one day workshop tagged ‘Vaccines Reporting’ was organized for Journalists by the Technology and Development Research Network (TEDREN) FUT Minna and Media Mentors Network in Minna,
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Media programmes and opportunities scheduled for this week include an international conference, book launch and Tweet Chat. Monday, April 26- Sunday, May 2, 2021 Monday, April 26 International Symposium The week-long The International Symposium on Online Journalism online-only conference begins today Please take a look at the amazing program the Knight Center has put together and register here! It
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In 2007, Funke Fadugba retired as general manager-news/current affairs of DAAR Communications, Lagos. With her retirement, she appeared to have bid goodbye to active journalism, having worked in various media outfits for 30 years. But, the truth is that a journalist is a journalist. It is difficult to resist the newsroom and its politics, the
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The Making of the Nigerian Flagship: A story of The Guardian by Aaron Ukodie and O’seun Ogunseitan launched recently is full of many interesting and insightful recollections by journalists who worked in the organization in its first ten years of operations. The book is a treasure considering the no-holds back accounts many of the former
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Media programmes and opportunities scheduled for this week include opportunities to register for upcoming conferences, award and fellowship deadline. Monday, April 19- Saturday, April 24, 2021 Monday, April 19 REGISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Register to participate free in The International Symposium on Online Journalism which will be online-only for the second time since 1999. Please take
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How can journalists ensure that their stories are easily found by readers online and are top on search engines, Shehu Olayinka, Multimedia and Social Manager offers some tips Searchable links are links that appear online beneath the main URL of a story when there is a search on it on search engines. To always have
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Media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin recalls a conversation with a reporter who shared his agony about not getting deserved promotion. I still recall the telephone conversation like yesterday though it was more than ten years ago I spoke with the state correspondent in a newspaper I used to work. He had called to draw
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Being an editor in a digital world requires more skills than it used to be for anyone who still wants to remain relevant in the media and communication industry. Companies and organisations are devising new ways of communicating what they do and hiring highly skilled editors who have more than the usual traditional editorial skills.
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