A Correspondent of The Punch Newspaper, Tunde Ajaja and Assistant Chief Producer of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Funke Fayemi are the winners of the 2020 National Academy of Science (NAS) Science Media Award. Ajaja won the print category, while Fayemi is the winner of the broadcast category out of the 47 entries for the […]
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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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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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West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has unveiled the twenty-six fellows selected for its 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region. The platform, under the auspices of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday 17th May 2021. Now in
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A Ghanaian digital media producer and head of the digital strategy for the Tiger Eye Social Foundation, a media nonprofit, Selase Kove-Seyram has been named one of the 2022 Nieman Foundation Fellows for Journalism at Harvard University. Kove-Seyram @selasekove and 21other fellows from across the globe were selected for the one-year on-campus study at the
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Media Programmes and Opportunities THIS WEEK (May 24 – May 30, 2021) and UPCOMING include deadlines for projects, conference, training, lecture, fellowships and others Monday, May, 24 Paid INTERNSHIP AT AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT May 24 is the deadline to apply for a paid internship for The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP) at Wits Journalism is looking for an
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Friday, May 28 is the deadline for submission of application for the 2021 Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). The fourth edition of the fellowship will focus on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and
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Four media awards have so far been named after journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodnrin. Details of the awards and the reactions of the past winners highlighted in this report. The first time a media award was named after accomplished journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin was in 2018 by the
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Two Nigerian journalists, Fisayo Soyombo of Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Nosmot Gbadamosi, freelance journalist are among the finalists for the One World Media Award to celebrate the industry’s best media coverage of the global south announced on Wednesday, May 5. The Republic Knowledge Company also got a special mention in the final list for
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Multiple award-winning Freelance Investigative Journalist, Tobore Ovuorie has emerged as the seventh laureate of the Deutsche Welle (DW) Freedom of Speech Award 2021. The award according to the organisers honours journalists’ outstanding commitment to human rights and particularly, freedom of expression in the media. Among other investigative reports, Ovuorie is well known for her undercover
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