The title of this piece is deliberately provocative. I want as many as possible more Mass Communication students to be angry and have the passion, the flair and mastery of writing required for journalism practice. I know many Mass Communication students who have demonstrable evidence of being outstanding journalists even before graduating, but we need many […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin, former Group News Editor of The Punch recalls in his Newsroom Diary series an encounter with staff when he had to apologise for a statement. I can’t remember exactly what he did that got me very angry that afternoon. It must have been something I just couldn’t take that made me uncharacteristically lash out
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Excerpt from DISTORTION, mental health crime fiction novel by Ejiro Umukoro is a multi-award-winning Broadcaster, Investigative Journalist and Social Entrepreneur Umu-Oti was in an uproar. There was pandemonium. Tears flowed from many faces. Children wailed and adults screamed expletives. They had never seen anything like that before in their town. All roads led to the Skills Acquisition
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By Moses Okocha Journalism in the 21st century has been viewed differently by individuals. While some see it as short writing or report, others have regarded it as one that has little or no element(s) of creativity in it. Whichever way Journalism has been conceived, it is sacrosanct to note that there is a converging
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Chiemeka Evans ADINDU writes on the training on Longform Journalism and Creative Writing by Investigative Journalist and Youth/Children Advocate, Ejiro Umukoro The training was done in such a way that it pricked me to start thinking differently about the media profession; its vastness and the unique ways one can excel, despite the trend. This is
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Excerpts from Vaults of Secrets by Associate Editor of The Nation, Korede Yishau on the day a reporter met his friend’s wife in his publisher’s hotel suite. It was a Friday. I had just come out of the cinema at the Novare Mall in Sangotedo where I had gone to see Alakada Reloaded when my
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and Media Career Development specialist writes on the price he paid for being a ‘gentleman editor’ at The Punch, The Nation. Although she is not a journalist, she has worked long enough in the company to know how tough editors are usually. From being an admin officer and later the admin manager,
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Lekan Otufodunrin, Journalist and media career development specialist recalls an occasion when his wife subtly protested his ‘too busy’ work schedule. About a year before I left The Nation as Editor, Online, we were at home on a Sunday afternoon after church service when someone called me on phone and I spent some time answering
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Excerpts from Banner Headlines by Stafford Somerfield, former reporter, editor and director of News of the World published in 1979. After Riddell’s death, Emsley Carr succeeded him as Chairman of the News of the World, buying Riddell’s shares for a million, raising the money in the City. He was already Editor and, if you judge
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In his Newsroom Diary series, Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist, writes of newsroom love relationship Relationship escapades were very common in the early years of my days in the newsrooms. One gets to hear stories of which Oga was having one kind of relationship or the other with the female staff or
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