Nigerian journalists won five out of the seven awards at stake at the West Africa Journalists of the fifth edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) in Accra, Ghana on Friday. Samad Uthman of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria who now works for Dataphyte, Nigeria also emerged as joint […]
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Nigeria’s Investigative multimedia journalist, Uthman Samad is on the shortlist of ten for the 2021 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. His selection along with nine others from over 200 entries from 55 countries by the foundation judging panel was announced on Friday. After the next rounds of judging, when three finalists will be named, the
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Winners from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda and Senegal have emerged in the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards, held in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday 12 October 2021 as part of this year’s African Investigative Journalism Conference. According to a statement by the organisers, Jean le Roux from the Digital Forensic Research Lab’s team in Cape Town, South Africa,
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has opened its application portal for interested journalists to apply for the sixteenth edition of its annual Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. According to a press statement by the Executive Director/ CEO of the organisation, Mrs Motunrayo Alaka, Journalists from the print, online, photo, cartoon, television
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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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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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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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Nigerian freelance journalist, Kelechukwu Iruoma has been selected along with nineteen other journalists worldwide for the Covering Rare Disease Fellowship and grant sponsored by the National Press Foundation. Others selected according to a statement on September 10 include Winnie Aguilar | Freelance Philippines, Sandra Cuffe | Freelance | Guatemala, Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman | GHOne TV
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The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for grants to cover the expenses of investigative stories that break new ground and uncover wrongdoing in the public or private sectors. Grants are for up to $10,000 for stories on any topic. Proposals are due Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at 11:59 PM. Eastern. Journalists whose proposals
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DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 —The Free Press Awards (2021 edition) are currently open for nominations. The Free Press Awards recognise journalists and media professionals who have a strong commitment to press freedom and independent information. This is to honour journalists and media professionals who continue no matter what. The Awards by Free Press Unlimited recognise
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