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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Programme officer of Media Career Development Network, Blessing Osemobor, writes on the need for women in the media to be as equally empowered and represented like men. “Don’t just make space for women, expand the table so there’s room for everyone,” the Executive Director/CEO of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka,
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The documentary on Bishop Ajayi Crowther, the first African Anglican bishop, Mission to Osoogun, released whose trailer was released last week is not his first. It’s the sixth by acclaimed journalist, travel and culture writer, author and documentary filmmaker in a class of his own, Pelu Awofeso who is very passionate about what he reports
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When you see a global media opportunity, including training, award, fellowship, conference, or other opportunities for which you are qualified, don’t rule yourself out by thinking you don’t have a chance against many other applicants worldwide. In 1996, while I was Group News Editor at The Punch, I started reading Newsletters of the Thomson Foundation
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Students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) have proven their mettle at the 2024 Campus Journalism Awards; sweeping multiple honours and other awards. Yet, as this piece is being written, the school management deemed it necessary to remain apathetically inclined; this historic feat wasn’t even causally mentioned in the school bulletin! This lack of recognition
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