Former interns at the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) have returned to share their success stories and inspire the current set of interns. Among them were Iretomiwa Balogun, a recent Mass Communication graduate from the University of Lagos and first runner-up at the recent Africa Factchecking Award, 2025 with her entry, ‘Exposing Social Media Claim […]
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Being a press Statement on the transition of Dr. (Mrs.) Doyin Abiola, former Managing Director of Concord Press of Nigeria who died on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 It is said that some are born great and others have greatness thrust upon them. Dr.Doyin Abiola, who joined the Saints yesterday, showed up on both counts. She
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Long ago, it used to be that many journalists barely managed to have a diploma qualification, but that has since changed, with many being graduates from various disciplines. Beyond the first degree, many present-day journalists now have post-graduate degrees, and there is even a growing number of those who have doctoral degrees. We once wrote
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Should I worry that my journalism students writing content for the training website of the school I teach part-time are submitting ‘too clean’ copies which I think are machine-aided? – Lekan Otufodunrin They need to decide on the identity they want to hold *You only have one question to ask —do you guys want to
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ChatGPT can be humanly honest despite being a machine tool. It doesn’t mind being called my guy and will wear the title with pride. Read this engaging conversation our Executive Director, Lekan Otufodunrin had with ChatGPT Me: What do you think? I’m not totally against minimal use of AI for routine content, but the feeling
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“As a campus journalist, know that no story is worth your life or your studentship” I looked up immediately from the note I was taking to focus on this statement by Kabir Adejumo, a renowned investigative journalist and researcher who was one of the facilitators at the campus journalists training by the Centre for
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Dr Tunde Akanni of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo writes about the verdicts of two of his students in feature writing class, who wrote to appreciate the impact of his teaching and his eventual confirmation as a professor of journalism and development communication. Mo ti gba leta ayo… Date was August 27, 2024. On
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In February 1990, Mr Ndubuisi Ugbede, then Acting Editor of Times International, published by the Daily Times Group, was redeployed to the Times Journalism Institute ( TJI) as deputy director. He was redeployed along with Mr John Araka, a member of the Editorial Board, who was first given a letter as Political Editor, Deputy Editor
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Today, I rejoice with Kehinde Bamigbetan at 60 and commune with Oodua Afeniwero, the progenitor of the Yoruba race and founder of Ile ife Oodaye, nibi ojumo timowa (where the sun set). Babare Agbe o, Awe ni. Congratulations 🎉 Kehinde Bamigbetan started as an activist and Union leader at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile ife,
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When Daniel Nworie sent a heartfelt message to his lecturer, an Associate Professor of Journalism at the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr Tunde Akanni, on the morning of his final undergraduate exam, he had no idea it would spark widespread admiration and reward. He was just expressing his gratitude, a small token of appreciation for
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