Interviews

Muhammed Akinyemi shown speaking with a backdrop of Nigeria Media INovation Program banner

‘More publishers, EICs, CEOs need to open themselves to learning’

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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, GIS/OSINT Specialist of HumAngle and 2024Sigma Award Winner,

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’

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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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Odunlami : ‘Professorship is call to service’

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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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‘Journalism has given me fulfilment, fame, lots of latitude’

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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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‘Those who bribe journalists know how to identify the corrupt.

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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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‘Death, depression nearly made me abandon Journalism’

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On PENSDOWN:  Conversations Worth Your Time, Stephen Gyasi Jnr, Ghana-based communication trainer and Digital Strategist hosts Jonathan Ofori, Nothern Sector Editor, Dailymailgh.com and editor of the Kumasi branch at Assase radio. Ofori, shares, in this piece, his Journalism story and some of the challenges journalists face in everyday reporting. Stephen Gyasi Jnr: Some people got

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‘How Nigerian journalists, media can excel locally, globally’

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Winner of the 2023 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, Kunle Adebajo of HumAngle in this interview speaks with  Noah Aderoju on winning the prestigious award, his work as a conflict journalist telling the stories of the victims of terror attacks and crisis victims in Nigeria. He offers suggestions on how journalists and

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‘What I learnt fact-checking general elections’

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Founder of FactCheck Elections, a fact-checking platform focused mainly on fact-checking information concerning elections in Nigeria, Olasupo Abideeen in this interview with Noah Aderoju, spoke about his work during the 2023 general election and lessons to be learnt from it.   As a key role player in the recent elections, especially in the information space,

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