By Rhoda Olorunfemi Four Nigerian journalists have emerged winners at the Zimeo Excellence in Media 2016 edition award held in Kenya last week. The awards was organised by the African Media Initiative. The Nigerian Journalists who won in various categories are: Hannah Ojo of The Nation, Animal Resources and Fish […]
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By Rhoda Olorunfemi Winners have emerged for the 2016 edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) awards held on December 3 in Lagos. Majority of the winners were from The PUNCH and The NATION newspapers. Winners from The PUNCH included, Editor of The Punch, Mr. Martin Ayankola, won Editor of the Year,
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Seun Akioye, Assistant Editor, The Nation newspapers during the December 2016 Media Career Q&A shares his view on what makes an award-winning story. I am much flattered. I cannot claim to be an expert at this but I will offer what I have noticed. The first thing I always say is to always put all
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Femi Babatunde, Communication specialist explains the benefits of media awards for journalists I must say that media awards surely play important roles in advancing the careers of journalists. Interestingly, only recently, a study was conducted in preparation for the Dimond Awards for Media Excellence, DAME’s, Silver Jubilee. The thrust of the study bothered on knowing
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Betty Abbah, journalist and gender advocate during the December 2016 MediaQ&A spoke on the difference participating in the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) has made in your career ? The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship (about six months hands-on training in the USA a decade ago) was THE turning point in my career as a young
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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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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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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 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 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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