Tayo Ogunbiyi of the Lagos State Ministry of Information & Strategy pays tributes to his late boss, friend and mentor, Lateef Raji, former Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor (2011-2015). One of the most painful experiences anyone could have on earth is the death of a loved one. No doubt about it, death occurs […]
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Veteran journalist, Gbenga Oni Olusola highlights sports journalism and development exploits of Godwin Dudu Orumen Yeah, if you are a sports lover, this face must be familiar to you, if not even his name, Godwin Dudu Orumen. To lovers of football and everything about football , local and foreign, this Edo State, but highly cosmopolitan
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By Ronke Sanya The most dangerous place to remain as a young journalist is your comfort zone. The comfort zone is a local zone. A comfort zone is the zone where you remain, doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different result. Media houses prefer to employ journalists that have a personal following,
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By ‘Ronke Sanya Drawing a line between who a blogger is and who a journalist is in the face of dawn of tech and increased online reporting in Nigerian society has become more controversial than definite. Some schools of thought claim that journalists are more real than bloggers, while some believe bloggers are more prompt
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By Ronke Sanya So I stumbled upon this topic How to ‘attend’ international conferences without attending’ while reading the book The Journalist you ought to be, written by prolific journalist and my newly found mentor, Mr Otufodunrin. After reading this chapter I began to wonder if Nigerian journalists attend conferences at all. Do we even
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By Tolulope Lawani At Women in Journalism Conference 2017, a number of leading media practitioner left indelible imprints on the hearts of many budding female journalists like me. One of such impressions was by when the pioneer of the first female-centrist radio station in Nigeria, Toun Sonaiya of WFM 91.7 explained creativity in an exceptional
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By Tolulope Lawani At Women in Journalism Conference 2017, a number of leading media practitioner left indelible imprints on the hearts of many budding female journalists like me. One of such impressions was by when the pioneer of the first female-centrist radio station in Nigeria, Toun Sonaiya of WFM 91.7 explained creativity in an exceptional
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By Lekan Otufodunrin One media career development concept I have always thought about is beat auditing. As it suggests, it is an act of auditing whatever beat or editorial assignment one is handling. It occurred me that due to lack of regular auditing, many journalists assume they are doing enough on their beat when they
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By Ibukunoluwa Daramola At the recently concluded Women in Journalism Conference, 2017 in Lagos, the speakers on each panel emphasized one point categorically to the participants which is that there should be a platform for young and budding journalists to grow in order to reach the peak in journalism or whatever they may find themselves.
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Praise Olowe, a graduate of Mass Communication from Joseph Ayo Babalola University recalls her internship days at The Nation Newspapers Waking up every morning and thinking about going to work could be nerves -wracking. Worrying about virtually everything, from what to wear to work considering the day’s weather, to what the day holds. Combining
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