Forty journalists across media houses in the country have been shortlisted by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Abuja to participate in the first series of its Investigative Journalism training programme. The training programme scheduled for June 10 to June 12 in Abuja is part of the Nigerian Investigative Reporting Project, NIRP, a reporting […]
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African journalists, employed or freelancers working in the continent of Africa who have produced a story that has been made available as a printed publication or broadcast through an electronic medium (television; radio or digital platform) whose primary audience are based in Africa have been called to enter for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Competition.
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The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund (KSMF) is now accepting submissions for its 13th annual awards in international journalism. The awards that was established in 2002, were created in honour of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone. The prestigious awards recognize the work
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For the second year running, a journalist with Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper,The PUNCH, has won the Nigerian Academy of Science Media Award. A senior health correspondent with The PUNCH, Bukola Adebayo, emerged the Science Journalist of the Year (2013) at the award ceremony, which held at the Protea Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday. The
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Forty Nigerian journalists are to be trained over a two year period to conduct investigative reports on issues of transparency, accountability and good governance by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, Abuja. Necessary fund will also be provided for the trained journalists to undertake investigative projects. The ICIR is an independent, non-profit investigative reporting
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By Seye Joseph Professional and practicing journalists in Lagos and Ogun State have been invited to enter for the 2014 Humanitarian Reporting Award. The entry organized by District 9110 of Rotary International, Nigeria is aimed at building strong relationship between Rotary International, media and the general public; educate community and open doors for newsworthy humanitarian
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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Adedeji Ademigbuji, Senior Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria and Birame Faye, reporter at Le Quotidien newspaper in Senegal have emerged as joint winners of the first edition of the Media Awards on Electrical Counterfeiting in Africa. Sponsors of the award, Schneider Electric (http://www.schneider-electric.com), the global specialist in energy management, named the winners in a
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By Seye Joseph The Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) the umbrella body for practicing and professional journalists in both the print and broadcast media in Nigeria has called for entries for the 2013 Ladi Lawal NUJ Journalist of the Year. The award is named after Alhaji Ladi Lawal former National President and Lagos State Chairman
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By Godwin Simon Entries have been invited for the 2014 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA). The award which features categories in print and electronic media is open to all practicing journalists in Nigeria, regardless of sex and submission is based on works done in the year 2013. Categories for the award include print media reportage
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