On December 2nd, 2016, I got a twitter notification where I was requested to share tips on how to secure scholarships for higher studies in Mass Comm abroad. Having seen the “favorites” and “retweets” the message received, I decided to take a step back and answer the question. First off, many roads lead to the market. […]
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A couple of years ago, I took a short break from my journalism. I remember having one of those “I’m done here” conversation with one of my mentors, explaining how exhausted I was from the cyclical nature of news reporting– telling the same stories in different ways without making the needed impact. I was often
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Technology is redefining the global media landscape and Nigeria is not exempted from feeling the impact. During my last semester at Columbia Journalism School, I had the opportunity of taking a course on “21st-century newsroom management” — oh what an exciting learning curve it was! One of our assignments had me researching on how tech
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Nkem Ndem Youtube.ng, a free video streaming platform owned by Google, is currently the leading platform for Video blogging and Video content marketing in the Nigeria. With over a million unique users per month, Youtube.ng is a platform considered by everyone on the look for online marketing and publicity with hope for benefits in the
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I am excited to join the amazing team at Media Career Services as a blogger. Here, I will focus my writings on media development and related issues. Sit back, tighten your seatbelt and let us learn together!
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Jude Nwabuokei of Radio One 103.5FM, Lagos in this reporter’s diary recalls how he won a fellowship programme for journalists organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information and his memorable professional experience in New York. As a young broadcast journalist working in a Radio Station in a city like Lagos, there was a
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By Kelechi Amakoh Reading maketh a Full Man; Conference a Ready Man; Writing an Exact Man so says the scholar of arts and humanities, Francis Bacon. In a society where every day offers you a new discuss, twist and turn, blinking an eye lid might be your greatest undoing. The set of columnists available for
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Media career development specialist writes on how easily develop a bank for story ideas One of the errands interns are frequently sent in a media house I used to work, is helping to withdraw or deposit money in banks. When I asked one of them how many banks she has been to, she
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Lekan Otufodunrin recently participated in a tweet chat on #NewsroomPolitics. His shares his views and that of others on the issue in this piece. I am not sure if I have been a victim of newsroom politics in my about thirty years of being a journalist. I probably have been without knowing. I have been
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Iyabo Oyawale, work-at-home mum, author , seminar speaker, business growth strategist, retired-but-not-tired journalist and Internet nerd in her latest write up on her website askiyabooyawale.com writes on lessons journalism can teach you about life. Click and read: More about Oyawale later and what journalists can learn from her new line of work.
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