Nigerian freelancer Linus Unah who studied mass communications at the University of Nigeria was last December named the Journalist of the month of the International Journalists Network. In an interview on the network’s website, he offered his advice for young journalists. The key is to keep knocking on doors and [to] never get tired. It’s […]
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Funmi Falobi, Lead/Editor of Social Development News in this special report to commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day writes on the need to have more women in the management of media houses in Nigeria. World over, the society has put the men in more advantageous positions over the women. The situation is even worse
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The Nigeria media, like in other parts of the world, have always been accused of not being gender sensitive in terms of reportage of women issues, the inclusion of women voices in reports and appointment of women in management positions. Our Correspondent, Rhoda Olorunfemi interviewed professional journalists on what can be done to achieve the
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Abdulsalam Amoo is an education blogger. He started his website, edu.celeb.com which is a resource blog for Nigerian students in 2017. In this interview with OGUNBEWON ADEBUKOLA at the Media Career Center, Lagos Amoo, a graduate of English Education from University of Lagos and Masters from University of Ibadan said the problem of education in
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From being an intern and staff of Rhythm FM in Lagos and Abuja, Fidelis Mbah has moved on to become an international journalist with work experience in six foreign media organisations. He is presently Deputy Director at CGTN Africa, the African bureau of China Global Television Network. Before joining CGTN, he worked for TRT World, Aljazeera
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Although he started his journalism career covering aviation, Pius Ayinor, Publisher of Extra Sports, Nigeria became a sports writer in 1994. He was a pioneer staff of Complete Sports, moved to The Comet and later ThisDay newspaper. Until September 2016, he was the Group Sports Editor of The Punch . He now runs www.extrasportsnigeria.com an
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Although he started his journalism career covering aviation, Pius Ayinor, Publisher of Extra Sports, Nigeria became a sports writer in 1994. He was a pioneer staff of Complete Sports, moved to The Comet and later ThisDay newspaper. Until September 2016, he was the Group Sports Editor of The Punch . He now runs www.extrasportsnigeria.com an
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Isaac Umunna, Publisher of three online newspapers, News Express Nigeria (www.newsexpressngr.com), Daily Sports (www.dailysportsng.com) and Economy Watch in this interview with Adeyinka Akintunde speaks on his experience as an online newspapers his experience so far and the future of the media industry. How did you start the business of online publishing, seeing that you were with
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Adeyinka Akintunde writes on the declining fortunes of newspapers due to mainly the internet and the dire economic situation in the country. Until recently, Justice Ugochukuwu Ogakwu of the Court of Appeal always took pride in reading copies of two newspapers he buys daily and draws the attention of his wife to some supposed major
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Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye has said his experience as a print journalist during his close to 30 years media career was the most interesting of all. He stated this in an interview with The Punch Newspaper during which he spoke on the state of the Nigerian media, his experience
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