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MEDIAGIG2020: Photojournalist wins Innovators Award

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Photo Journalist and Cinematographer, Gbemile Oluwatosin has emerged winner of the Innovators Award Competition in the MEDIAGIG2020 training for media professionals. Organized by The CoBuilders with Media Career Development Network, the theme of the four weeks virtual workshops was Deploying Technology for Impact and Profitability in the Nigeria media industry. Oluwatosin who is a photojournalism instructor and […]

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Meet the new African sustainable energy reporting fellows

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  The 12 journalists selected for the African sustainable energy reporting fellowship powered by Climate Tracker in partnership with Hivos Energy are four Nigerians, twp Kenyans, two Ugandans, Egyptian, Tanzanian, Malawian and Zimbabwean. Below are the profiles of the winners: Amos Abba is an investigative journalist with The International Center for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, an

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How I applied for my Nieman fellowship selection – Adebayo

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Senior Producer for Cable News Network (CNN) Africa, Bukola Adebayo, who has been selected for 2020-21 class of Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, in this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin shares her experience in applying for the fellowship and other career issues.  What’s your reaction to your selection? The fellowship is a prestigious one,

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Nigeria’s Adebayo, 15 others named Nieman Foundation fellows

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By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja A Senior Producer for Cable News Network (CNN) Africa,  Bukola Adebayo, has made the list of journalists selected for 2020-21 class of Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. In an announcement by the foundation, Adebayo was one of the 16 Nieman Fellows selected for its 83rd class, including investigative reporters, science

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Four Nigerian journalists, others named Energy Reporting fellows

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Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Four Nigerian journalists are among the 12 fellows selected by the Climate Tracker in collaboration with Hivos Energy for it’s African Sustainable Energy Reporting Fellowship. The Nigerian fellows are Niyi Oyedeji, Amos Abba ( both of International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Oladeinde Olawoyin of Premium Times and  Jennifer Ugwa. The selection process

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Nigerian journalist selected for Global Sustainable Solutions Fellowship

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Writer and freelance journalist, Mr Daniel Whyte, has been selected as one of the four fellows to participate in the 2020 Global Sustainable Solutions Stories Fellowship. Oluwatomisin Amokeoja reports that the fellowship is a six-month paid media mentorship-fellowship combo offered by Climate Tracker in partnership with One Earth. Whyte announced the selection through the micro-blogging

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‘How to access many opportunities for journalists despite the pandemic’

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  Patrick Egwu, Nigerian award-winning freelance journalist currently a fellow on the Investigative Reporting programme of the Open Society Foundations at the University of the Witwatersrand speaks on the various opportunities journalists should take advantage of despite the impact of the pandemic on the media industry The COVID-19 pandemic occurred while you are on a

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Media Programmes THISWEEK ( July 20-25,2020)

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Various media programmes, including lectures, training, workshops and others by various organisations will hold this week July 20-25, 2020. The programmes are listed below with details. Compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga Monday, July 20th, 2020 The International Symposium on Online Journalism will for the first time in its 21-year history, not hold its traditional in-person conference. ISOJ

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Lecturer wins $234,000 grant for Virtual Reality Research

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A lecturer at Lagos Business School (LBS), Dr Eugene Ohu, has won a grant of $234,000 from Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc (TWCF) to conduct two-year virtual reality research. According to a statement by the LBS, the grant was awarded under TWCF’s Global Innovations for Character Development (GICD) initiative. The research project titled “Teaching Children Empathy

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Six journalists commence BudgIT/Civic Hive media fellowship

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Six Nigerian journalists have been named as 2020 BudgIT/Civic Hive Media Fellows. The journalists are Taiwo Adebulu, an investigative reporter with TheCable; Frank Ikpefan, Education and Labour reporter at The Nation Newspaper; Osaruonamen Ibizugbe, Correspondent with ITV Abuja; Babatunde Okunola, Content lead, Royal FM Ilorin; Gbenga Ogundare, Freelance Investigative Journalist and Kelechuckwu Iruoma, Freelance Investigative

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