Interviews

‘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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‘How I won four awards with one health story’

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Zainab Yetunde Adam, a  young multi-media award-winning investigative journalist is a freelance journalist working on Gender, Conflict, Humanitarian and development stories in Borno State. She has also worked in a couple of media organizations including the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Maiduguri, being an On-Air Personality, News Producer and Caster at Al-Ansar Radio and Television and

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‘How young women can pursue career in digital media’

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In celebration of International Women’s Day, we had the opportunity to interview Ms. Maureen Chigbo, the First Female President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Nigeria. With a focus on this year’s theme, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” Ms. Chigbo shares insights with BLESSING OSEMOBOR, on the role of GOCOP

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‘What worked for me as a journalist with disability’

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  Oluyemi Arowosola Michael is a Fact-checker with Cable Newspaper. He has his first degree in History and Diplomatic studies and a Master’s degree in History and Strategic Studies from the University of Lagos. Despite being a person with a disability, he is a fact-checker, translator, and reporter. In this interview with Peace Oladipo, he

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‘How to get major roles in international media organisations’

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Just when it seemed he was going to focus on being the publisher of Communiqué, a media and tech analysis newsletter with over 35,000 subscribers, David Adeleke took up the offer of being the Africa Editor at Rest of World. A graduate of Mass Communication/Media Studies from Covenant University, Otta,  Adeleke had earlier headed Business

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‘How I moved from campus journalism to international media space’

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Olatunji Olaigbe is an international freelance journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of the Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin. The winner of the 2021 IOM West and Central Africa Migration Journalism Awards, his reports have been featured in a variety of publications, including Al-Jazeera, Vice Magazine, WIRED, The Record by Recorded Future, HumAngle, Rest of

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‘My adventurous campus journalism story’

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Sunday Awosoro of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) recently won ‘Best Budgetary Tracking and Procurement story award’ in the Alfred Opubor Next-Gen Award organized by the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and ‘Upcoming writer’ by Youth Digest Campus Journalism in December 2022. The development journalist and fact checker speaks with Peace Oladipo on

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