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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The Google News Initiative, in partnership with the European Journalism Centre, is seeking application from journalism students and recent graduates. 30 candidates will be selected for the paid summer fellowship program. Fellows will work in a newsroom in Europe between June and September while having access to mentorship, training and networking opportunities. Candidates must be
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No fewer than 30 journalists around the world will benefit from fully funded fellowship programme to acquire more knowledge in journalism practice. The programme is designed to enable journalists broaden their understanding on the current news ecosystem and wider media industry. Applications are open with minimum of five years journalistic experience or its equivalent level
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Seven Journalists have been nominated for the Journalism category of the 16th edition of The Future Awards Africa (TFAA). The nominees include 25 years old S. I Ohumu who was once a nominee for the Emmy Awards and a multimedia Journalist and 30 years old Abdulbaki Aliyu Jari, a journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is seeking nominations for the 2022 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards. Candidates can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists. Candidates who meet the Awards criteria may nominate themselves. The winners will be honored on Nov. 10 at ICFJ’s 2022 Tribute to Journalists. All nominations are to
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Winners have emerged for the #PreventEpidemicsNaija Journalism Award 2021/2022 organized by the Nigeria Health Watch. Ezedimbu Karen Ogbom of Africa Independent Television (AIT), won the Television category with an entry titled “Nigeria’s Cholera Nightmare.” For the print/online category, Abdulqudus Ogundapo of The Nation Newspaper won with his report “How poor funding, low technology, hinders local
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The International Center for Journalists, ICFJ, has announced the commencement of application for nominees in the forthcoming 2022 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Maggie Farley, Director, ICFJ Knight Fellowships. “We are now seeking nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have made an impact on the lives
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