Awards & Fellowships

Abdulaziz

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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awards

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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October 17 deadline for Diamond Awards for Media Excellence

Entries have been invited for the 27th edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME). in a statement,  DAME invited entries for works published in 2017 in various categories for both print and broadcast journalism. Agriculture Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper, Business Reporting, Child-Friendly Reporting, Child-Friendly Media, and Editorial Cartooning are some categories listed under

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journalist

BusinessDay journalist wins invitation to global tech conference

Head of New Technology desk for BusinessDay Media Limited, Frank Eleanya has been named as the winner of the invitation by the African Press Organisation Group (APO) to attend the Web Summit (https://WebSummit.com), the Largest Tech Conference in the World, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 5 to 8. APO Group, will offer

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Entries open for Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting

The 13th Edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting is now open for entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, with stories published between 4th October 2017 and 3rd October 2018. The Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka in a statement said submitted

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fellowship

Call for Female Journalists Leadership Fellowship entries

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited applications for the Female Journalists Leadership Fellowship (A leadership training and mentorship programme) Applicants should be  female Nigerian professional journalists who have a passion for ethical journalism, are committed to excellent professional media practice, possess great ideas to lead dynamic improvements on the practice and

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media

Applications invited for ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Awards 2018

Media professionals in Africa have been invited to apply for ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media recognition Awards 2018 sponsored by Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany. The applicants are to showcase their work to raise awareness about infertility prevention and make infertility and breaking infertility stigma in Africa. The awards according

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