Awards & Fellowships

media

Call for application for media recognition awards

Merck Foundation has announced a Call for Application for Merck More than a Mother  Media Recognition Awards for Burundi and rest of Africa. The awards according to the organisers were launched in 2017 to emphasize the role of media in enhancing the public engagement and understanding of infertility stigma and the need to change its social perception […]

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Malagasy journalist wins Africa media competition

A Malagasy journalist, Andriatsitonta Mamy Ny Aina Lynda, has won the African Media Agency media competition to reward outstanding work from an African reporter. Lynda according to a press release by African Media Agency works for the Online media www.jmada.com (Journal Mada) owned by  Olondia Corporation. With five years experience in journalism, Lynda has a keen interest in investigative journalism having

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Entries invited for Lorenzo Natali Media Prize

Organizers of the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize the European Commission from the office of International Cooperation and Development has invited applications from journalists in over 160 partner countries with which the European Union engages on development and cooperation to submit entries for this year’s prize between 18 February and 14 April 2019. The theme for

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women

19 female journalists inducted Leadership programme fellows

Nineteen female journalists have been inducted as Fellows of the ReportWomen! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme, organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. They were inducted at the Fellowship Award Ceremony held on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 in Lagos where three of the fellows were awarded prizes. Adejoke Fayemi (Ray Power, Kaduna) was the

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energy

Sponsored opportunity to report on the global energy

The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) Media Fellowship is offering aspiring journalists from all over the world the opportunity to be in Berlin in April and enjoy a full week of cutting-edge policy discussions, site visits and networking with the energy sector. The fellowship is connected to the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue conference (#betd2019, energydialogue.berlin)

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Female student journalists get scholarship

By Samuel Okike Daria Media has granted scholarship to six female student journalists under the 2019 Mamman Marshal Scholarship for Women in Journalism (MMSWJ). The scholarship will cover tuition and accommodation for the recipients selected from Bayero University, Lagos State University and the University of Uyo. In a press release, Daira Media explained that the

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Africa CEO Forum: All-expense paid trip for journalist

An all-expense paid trip to cover the 7th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, a leading international conference for business influencers in the private sector is available for a journalist courtesy of the African Media Agency (AMA). AMA, a Pan African media relations and communications company, has launched a media competition to find the journalist

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Premium Times Abdulaziz, 11 others clinch Soyinka Investigative reporting awards

Premium Times journalist, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz and 11 others have emerged winners of the 2018  Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting. Abdulaziz, with ‘The Kemi Adeosun expose’ published in Premium Times, won the overall Investigative Journalist of the Year award and the online category. In the print category, Mojeed Alabi emerged winner for his two-part story,

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science

The nexus between science and media: Gaps and opportunities

Being a keynote address delivered at the Nigeria Science Media Award at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos on the 23rd of October 2018 by Eugenia Abu, ace broadcaster and multimedia strategist  I am absolutely delighted and deeply honored to have been invited to deliver the keynote at an event where the media and scientists gather together

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Winners of West Africa Media Excellence Awards

Winners have emerged for  the 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards held in Accra, Ghana reports Blessing Olagundoye Out of eight available awards for journalists in West Africa, Ghana won four, Nigeria won three, while Burkina Faso had one. Manasseh Azure Awuni of Multimedia Group Limited, Ghana was adjudged the West Africa Journalist of the Year, as well as the

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