Awards & Fellowships

Kabiru Yusuf, PPDC and others to receive Wole Soyinka Award

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By Rhoda Olorunfemi   Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf, the Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Trust Media Limited and the Public and Private Development Centre, PPDC, a non-governmental organisation, will be honored with the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence and Anti-corruption Defender Award respectively at the Eleventh Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation […]

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Orient Correspondent wins Africa Journalism prize

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Enugu State Correspondent of Orient Daily Newspaper in Akwa, Anambra State, Patrick Egwu Ejike, has won the second place prize of the 2016 Haller Prize for Development Journalism in Sub Saharan Africa. Ejike’s winning prize is £1000 for his entry entitled ‘Digital Tech Improving Access to Education in Nigeria’ Tatenda Chitagu of Zimbabwe won the

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Journalists should abide by biblical injunctions

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By Olorunfemi Rhoda Journalists have been advised against engaging in attitudes which are not biblical injunction while on duty. The advice was given by Pastor David Deola Odunayo at the November fellowship of the Journalists’ For Christ (JFC), held at International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos. Speaking on ‘Biblical Journalism: Seven things the Lord hates’

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THISDAY’s Akingbolu wins SERA’s CSR award

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THISDAY’s Raheem Akingbolu has won the Tunmise Adekunle Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting Category of Social Enterprise Reporting Award (SERA)-CSR AFRICA of year 2016. Gbenga Salau of the The Guardian was the first runner-up while Adedeji Ademigbuji of The Nation, was second runner-up in the Category. A total of twenty-six awards were won by corporate

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Entries invited for 2017 Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

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Entries have been invited for the 2017 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. Sponsored by Continental Reinsurance, the awards recognize outstanding works of journalists from both English and French speaking countries across the continent. According to the statement issued by the organisers, “The awards are an extension of Continental Reinsurance’s continued commitment to the advancement of excellence

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New Telegraph’s Energy Editor bags Africa Investigative Journalism Conference Bursary

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Energy Editor of the New Telegraph newspaper, Adeola Yusuf has bagged the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) Bursary in South Africa. New Telegraph reports that, the story, published in New Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, June 24, 2016 titled: “Mega Crude Theft: How $50bn stolen crude from Nigeria found its way to refineries in Europe, US”,

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3+ Lessons from 3 award-winning journalists

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Reading through the reports on three recent media awards and fellowship winners, Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist highlights a number of things the winners did that gave them the edge over colleagues. 1. Write stories that have impact and result in action by authorities: Tobi Aworinde of Sunday Punch who recently emerged winner of

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Soyombo, TheCable Editor wins Free Press award

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Editor of TheCable, Fisayo Soyombo on Wednesday won the Newcomer of the Year category of the 2016 Free Press awards, held in The Hague, Netherlands. He won ahead of Zimbabwean Tafadzwa Ufumeli and Albanian Mechman Huseynov, with his story entitled ‘Forgotten Soldiers’ — a five-part series exploring the agony of soldiers shattered by Boko Haram’s

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