Associate Editor and multiple award-winning journalist with The Nation Newspaper, Olatunji Ololade, has emerged the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Peace category of the 2021 Fetisov Journalism Awards (FJA). Ololade who is the only Nigerian among the 12 winners of the award chosen from 400 stories from 80 countries won with his story “The […]
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Six winners have emerged for the Journalism Fellowship for Investigative Reporting on Trans Fat. The winners of the Fellowship organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) are, Adesola Ikulajolu (ICIR), Temitope Bademosi (TVC), Sunday Elom (Orient Daily Newspaper), Dare Akogun (Sobi FM), Felicia Dairo (Premium Times), and Nkoli Omhoudu (AIT). They will
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Ten Nigerian journalists have been selected for the second set of the Solutions Journalism Africa Fellowship Initiative supported by the Solutions Journalism Network, USA. Nigeria Health Watch in a publication on Tuesday, April 5 announced that ten fellows will produce and publish stories of how people are responding to various social problems across Nigeria and
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African Data Hub (ADH) is commencing its Community Journalism Fellowship which aims to improve the coverage of under-reported issues in local communities across Nigeria. The fellowship will pay special attention to potential solutions with a lasting impact towards effective public service delivery, grassroots development and improving the quality of life. It will support community journalists
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The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Mrs Motunrayo Alaka has bagged the Distinguished Media Gender Equity Award in recognition of her contributions to the capacity development of female journalists in the country. The award by the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) was presented to
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I-79 Media Consults, one of Nigeria’s leading media training hubs, is accepting applications for the Rewriting the Narratives of Environmental Crimes in Nigeria training project. The project stems from the idea that there is the need to intensify efforts in mainstreaming reports about environmental crimes, climate change, and biodiversity and aims to equip 20 campus
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I never knew winning an award can boost one’s connections and recognition until I emerged as the winner of the inaugural Lekan Otufodunrin Student-Journalists Award 2021, a national journalism contest, on May 10, 2021, during the month of Ramadan. The joy of the announcement that Ramadan afternoon made me elated with those present at the
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Head, Digital, Product & Special Projects, Radio Now 95.3 Stephanie Ohumu has won the Journalism category for the Future Awards Africa. She was awarded alongside 16 other winners of other categories at the 16th Edition Award Ceremony on Sunday, 20th February 2022 in Lagos. The Journalism Award is given to a writer, reporter, presenter, producer,
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The International Women’s Media Foundation is accepting third-party nominations (no self nomination) for the 2022 Courage in Journalism Awards. The award seeks to recognize fierce women journalist who are detained, jailed or imprisoned. It honors brave women journalists – including photojournalists – working in any country across the world. Candidates for the Courage in Journalism
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The Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) is accepting applications from midcareer journalists from developing countries. Successful applicants will undergo a short journalism courses at the Radio Netherland Training Centre (RNTC) and other institutions in the Netherlands. The OKP is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and run by the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation
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