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21 journalists selected for Female Reporters Leadership Programme

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Twenty-one female journalists in the county have been selected for the fourth edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). They include journalists from print, broadcast and digital media with three […]

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Danfodiyo Student wins Best Writer’s Campus Award

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The News Editor of the News Digest Press and 300-level student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi, has won the Best Writer award on Nigeria Campuses in the 4th Edition of the Nigeria Campus Awards 2021. The Nigeria Campus Awards which recognises excellent students in various categories received over 1,000 nominations including Best Artiste

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August 1 deadline for 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards entries

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Applications have been invited from journalists and journalism students across the continent to submit entries for the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards The awards are aimed at promoting the practice of fact-checking and making accurate information available to citizens of all countries across Africa. The 2021 categories include: • Fact-Check of the Year by a Working

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Eze, Sofiyat win News Digest Press writing contest

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Pen Press Journalists, Promize Eze, popularly known as Chi Chi, a 300-Level student of Education Economics and Lawal Sofiyat, a final year student of Physics at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) have won the writing contest organized by News Digest Press. Promize Eze who emerged as the winner of the contest and Lawal Soffiyat bagged

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Call for #CREATESAFESPACES storytelling project.

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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism invites journalists, media professionals, freelancers and researchers, in the media industry to apply to be a part of its #CREATESAFESPACES storytelling project. The project aims to transform storytelling around Gender-based violence in ways that elicit prompt and positive responses from policymakers, security agencies, the judiciary and the larger

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Applications invited for West Africa Climate Change Media Fellowship

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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its Natural Resources Programme (NAREP), invites applications for its inaugural climate change media fellowship across west Africa. The fellowship is aimed at shedding light on the importance of climate change issues in West Africa including evidence and solutions to the crises. The training which will last

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13 African journalists selected for Solutions Journalism Network’s programme

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13 African journalists are among the 49 mentees selected for the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) 2021 mentorship programme. On the list are five journalists from Nigeria, two from Kenya, another two from Zimbabwe and one each from Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroon and Malawi. While announcing the mentees, Julia Hotz, the Communities Manager for the Solutions

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Call for Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship

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Applications for the 4th edition of Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship, DRIMF, for interested media professionals in Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe is open till June 22, 2021. DRIMF, a programme of the Paradigm Initiative, through academic and practical learnings, seeks to embed media professionals within the digital ecosystem and connect

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