Managing Editor and Chief Communication Officer, Medical Mirror Mary Oluwakemisola Agoyi (MBBS, MSc PH) in this interview with Media Career Development Network speaks on medical journalism, health communication, the state of health in the country and the activities of her platform to encourage, motivate and enrich the society and medical professionals on the importance of […]
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Chioma Ezenwafor, News Manager at Nigeria Info FM, Wazobia FM and Cool FM radio stations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has a remarkable media career development story that should interest journalists trying to master how to be multimedia skilled across specialisation in the industry and related fields. She is not only accomplished journalist, author, Ezenwafor
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When the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief at Gaskia Media Limited, Mr Dare Babarinsa was asked what has been the most memorable interview he has conducted in his over 40 years of journalism practice, he said he has had good and troublesome interviews. In the interview published in Anything and Everything Journalism by the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES
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Muhammed Akinyemi, popularly known as PrincelyX, is a seasoned award-winning Nigerian journalist who has traversed different roles of journalism and newsroom product management. He has led innovative projects in different newsrooms and is presently Media Advisor with the Media Development Investment Fund’s (MDIF) NAMIP. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, he spoke about
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Mansir Muhammed, a GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle was named among the winners of the 2024 Sigma Awards celebrating excellent data journalism projects globally for his report published alongside an extensive investigation by HumAngle in collaboration with New Lines Magazine. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, Muhammed spoke about his work as a technologist/journalist
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As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Punch Newspapers published a special publication, PUNCH 50, in which top former and present Board and management staff spoke on their various experiences in the company over the years. In the excerpts below, we bring you key insights that have contributed to the company’s success, the executives’ careers and
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Head of Department, Mass Communication, Olabisi Onabajo University, Ago-Iwoye, Professor Dele Odunlami is an all-around media professional and academic based on his career history. He started out as a print journalist at The defunct African Guardian Magazine where he was a freelance journalist on the art page and business desk and wrote advertorials and commentaries.
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Philip Obaji, Correspondent of the Daily Beast is multiple global awards and fellowships-winning investigative journalist. He is the inaugural recipient of the Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowship awarded by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and one of the three finalists for the 2023 One World Media (OWM) International Journalist of the Year award. In this
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Publisher of Marketing Edge, Mr John Ajayi who pioneered marketing and advertising reporting in Nigeria clocked 60 on June 12, 2023. In this interview with Esther Adeniyi and Isaac Akerele, he recalls his growing-up years, journalism career and the state of the media. Congratulations on your 60th birthday anniversary on the historic June 12
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In this Edition of PENSDOWN, From Africa’s, largest economy, Nigeria, Ebriku John Friday, Special Assistant to Cross River State Governor, tells his own story as a practising Journalist for over two decades, Here is the discussion with Ghanaian Journalist, Stephen Gyasi Jnr. You read Economics in the university, how did you end up as a
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