Lekan Otufodunrin once shared the post below with colleagues on a Whatsapp group for Online Editors. The post is reproduced below for the benefit of other online editors and prospective ones on opportunities they need to know of. Dear colleagues, Forgive me if my advice in this post is elementary and you don’t need to […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin, former Managing Editor at The Nation writes on how he hired some young graduates based on their skills and not their certificates An alert from LinkedIn recently reminded me that one of my former younger colleagues at The Nation Newspaper, Olowe Praise has clocked two years in the service of the organisation. How time
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Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist shares his memorable experience as an intern in the defunct National Concord newspaper in this facebook post first published in July 2012 Compulsory internship was not a requirement for Mass Communication students in my days at the University of Lagos (1982-1985). I was, however, lucky to get a vacation
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how experienced journalists can maximise expertise by getting paid or acknowledged for what they know. As a media career development specialist, one thing I can plead guilty of is that I pay attention (maybe too much) to spotting opportunities I think journalists and other professionals should learn how to take advantage
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the media career lessons of the selection of the Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Motunrayo Alaka as a fellow of the John S.Knight Journalism Fellowship Standford University for the class of 2020 On Wednesday, I wrote a post on Facebook about the need for journalists to
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Please make the best use of opportunities journalism offers you globally. This morning, I clicked through to a link Ruona J. Meyer shared on Facebook about the 2019 One World Media Award long list. She had written about how excited she was to read that Sweet Codeine, which she pitched, investigated, co-produced and presented for BBC made
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There are many things journalists can brag about, Lekan Otufodunrin says, high-stress work level should not be one of them. One of the most profound tweets I read from the just concluded International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy was: The culture in newsrooms is and should be changing. – “Care about your staff.” – “Listen
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets from the conference. What investigative journalists should focus on As an investigative journalist, it is better to get away from ideological
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Although LEKAN OTUFODUNRIN, media career development specialist did not have a female boss in his many years in the newsroom, various female journalists and media professionals played one major role or the other in helping him to achieve his career dreams. “I definitely cannot name all of them, but in commemoration of the International Women’s
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Nigerian Writer and PR Practitioner, Yishau Shuaib in a Facebook post on February 21 paid tribute to foremost Corporate Communication and Public Relations in Africa, Mallam Kabir Dangogo FNIPR on his 70th birthday. Shuaibu aptly described Dangogo as one of the finest and doyen of the profession in the post titled HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PR FELLOW @70 “He hardly celebrates
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