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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Journalist and Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how to re-purpose social media posts for book publication. When Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL Magazine, Azuh Arinze wrote a Facebook post on how he met and fell in love with his wife, Edith, to mark their 14th marriage anniversary, it was just as he puts one of those
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What is the work environment in media houses after recent layoffs? and which newspaper house has an oath of secrecy form for staff to sign. Find out in our new OFF RECORDS reports. ‘Help work is killing us’ Due to the impact of Coronavirus on the media sector, it is understandable that some companies have
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the “inner cry” of journalists in these random thoughts Our bylines, voices, appearance and work project us as superstars, powerful and influential. Indeed we are all we appear to be and much more. We are members of the fourth estate of the realm. We are respected, dreaded, appreciated depending on who
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Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist in Nigeria writes on a favourite hashtag that inspires him every Sundays and on other days #ThinkBigSundayWithMarsha I can’t remember how I stumbled on the hashtag. It must have been on one of those Sundays when I was going through my Twitter feeds in search of any tweet
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Communication Specialist, Femi Babatunde pays tributes to CEO, Diamond Publications. Publisher of Media Review, Mr Lanre Idowu on his birthday Today, 19th July is Mr Lanre Idowu’ Birthday. Idowu is one of Nigeria’s most accomplished and respected journalists. He is a media evaluator and trainer par excellence. Editor-in-Chief, Media Review and Supervising Trustee, Diamond Awards
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