The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) will from Tuesday, October 4, 2022, commence receiving entries on the portal for the 17th edition of its Investigative Reporting award till Monday 24 October 2022 by 4 pm. The Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR), is for professional reporters or teams of reporters, whether full-time […]
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A reporter with The Nation, Alao Abiodun has been selected for the prestigious Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship (RAF) to cover the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). According to the organisers, Alao is among the 22 journalists selected from more than 700 applicants worldwide for the RAF program. “I am honoured
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The Africa Centre for Development Journalism (ACDJ) has announced a call for Nigerian journalists to apply for its Inequality Reporting Fellowship aimed at building the capacity of journalists to report on inequality at sub-national levels. According to the call by the centre, successful applicants will take part in the fellowship programme commencing with an intensive two-full days
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Twenty-one female journalists across media organisations in Nigeria have been inducted as Fellows of the Report Women Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). They were inducted on Thursday, June 9 in Lagos after participating in months of rigorous training and mentorship, and implemented story and leadership projects,
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A six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners, MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), has been launched by top telecommunication company, MTN Nigeria. The programme which will run at the School of Media and Communication, (SMC), Pan Atlantic University (PAU) according to the company is designed to support the sustainable development of the
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Ten journalists have been selected as pioneer fellows of the inaugural Dataphyte Media Fellowship programme by Dataphyte. The journalists include Ameh Ejekwonyilo, a senior reporter on the Judiciary, Human Rights and Anti-corruption Desk of Premium Times Newspaper, Adaji Daniel, economist and a climate change writer at The Insight and Jackie Opara, a science journalist who
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The International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, with support from the International Budget Partnership, IBP, has announced a call for application for its Health Reporting Fellowship for journalists in twelve focal states across the six geo-political zones. The programme according to the Deputy Programme Manager of ICIR, Agema Gloria is a six-month fellowship supported by
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Associate Editor and multiple award-winning journalist with The Nation Newspaper, Olatunji Ololade, has emerged the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Peace category of the 2021 Fetisov Journalism Awards (FJA). Ololade who is the only Nigerian among the 12 winners of the award chosen from 400 stories from 80 countries won with his story “The
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Six winners have emerged for the Journalism Fellowship for Investigative Reporting on Trans Fat. The winners of the Fellowship organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) are, Adesola Ikulajolu (ICIR), Temitope Bademosi (TVC), Sunday Elom (Orient Daily Newspaper), Dare Akogun (Sobi FM), Felicia Dairo (Premium Times), and Nkoli Omhoudu (AIT). They will
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Ten Nigerian journalists have been selected for the second set of the Solutions Journalism Africa Fellowship Initiative supported by the Solutions Journalism Network, USA. Nigeria Health Watch in a publication on Tuesday, April 5 announced that ten fellows will produce and publish stories of how people are responding to various social problems across Nigeria and
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