Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony held on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, […]
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Five finalists have been named for the inaugural edition of the Lekan Otufodunrin Student Journalists Award for outstanding student journalists in the country. The award in honour of Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Nigeria’s foremost media career coaching and mentoring organisation is the initiative of two of his former junior colleagues at
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Eleven Nigerian journalists and two media organisations are on the longlists of the One World Media Awards announced on Wednesday. They are among those listed from over 500 entries across 96 countries for 15 awards in contention. The OWM celebrates the industry’s best media coverage of the global south, spotlighting underreported stories that break through
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The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) has invited entries for outstanding science reporting for the year 2020. The Science Media 2021 Award is in two categories: Print and Broadcast, and is open to all print and broadcast journalists who published science or science-related stories (health, environment, etc) in 2020. The award, established by the NAS
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Media programmes and opportunities scheduled for this week include submission for fellowship, The Guardian Book launch, webinar and deadline for pitch. Monday, April 5- Saturday, April 10, 2021 Monday, April 5 Journalism opportunities for April Check details and apply for 7 worldwide journalism opportunities (fellowships, grants and competitions) in April to enhance your career https://ijnet.org/en/story/7-worldwide-journalism-opportunities-apply-april-0
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Orodata Science is a Civic Technology organization that simplifies and democratizes public data to empower citizens with actionable information towards accountability and transparency. Orodata Science also strengthens the capacity of the media through data-driven and other digital technology initiatives. This program will support journalists to produce in-depth investigative data-driven stories on different thematic areas.
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network reports on a major issue of discussion at the webinar held by the #ReportWomenNetwork of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to mark International Women’s Day 2021. In her contribution to the webinar held by the #ReportWomenNetwork of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative
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Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin highlights lessons from the career accomplishments of a female journalist in 2020 and suggests what journalists should do in 2021. In case you missed it, below is what Elfredah Kelvin, a journalist based in Port Harcourt, River State shared online on December 31 titled ” OVERVIEW OF INCREDIBLE 2020″ about
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Nigerian science writer, Abdullahi Tsanni has been named along with three others for the four early-career science journalism fellowship by The Open Notebook, (TON). The other fellows are Pedro Márquez-Zacarías, a PhD candidate in quantitative biosciences at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, María Paula Rubiano A., Colombian freelance science journalist and Carolyn Wilke, Chicago-based freelance journalist.
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What’s the big deal about winning media awards? Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist, explains why awards should be given due consideration by journalists. The best journalist is not necessarily an award-winning journalist. There are many things involved in winning media awards. Usually, except in a few cases, interested persons have to apply and meet
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