Dr. Taye Obateru, Senior lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Jos is an experienced journalist, researcher, and teacher. For 27 years he was a correspondent of Vanguard Newspaper. In this interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, he speaks on media training, ethics of the profession, his newsroom to academics story, and other issues. Experienced […]
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Mr. Olisa Egbunike, a veteran Nigerian journalist was former Assistant-Editor-In-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and Editor of the Independent Newspaper. He was also Group General Manager of the Daily Times Nigeria. In this interview, he spoke on his journalism career, the media industry and offered advice for journalists and media owners. Excerpt below:
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Correspondent of Media Career, Raphael Adenaike recalls his last interview with Mohammed Fawehimi, lawyer and first son of the legal luminary Chief Gani Fawhinmi, who recently died in Lagos. “There is no country I haven’t been to for treatment – England, Germany, Israel, name it,” Mohammed Fawehinmi had told me off-the-record about his health condition.
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Social Activist, Esther Ijewere on Friday, July 9, had a tweet chat #GetTalkingWithEsther with Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Lekan Otufodunrin on the theme Freedom of Speech and its impact on the media. The question and answer session is reproduced below People say freedom of speech is guaranteed but freedom after speech isn’t
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President of the National Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ), Samuel Ajala, in this interview with Abdulrasheed Hammad, unveiled the agenda and programmes towards repositioning the union. The plans include a partnership with media organizations and professionals in the country and measures to enhance press freedom in Nigeria campuses. Your executive has been up and running with
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His journey to becoming the Editor-in-Chief of two top digital media platforms in the country is not typical. As he admitted, Bayo Olupohunda, Editor-in-Chief of Opera News has been a bit of an outsider having not really taken up a full-time job while writing in the traditional media space. From The Guardian to the defunct
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Special Express Writing and Publishing skills powered by Succestact recently organized a webinar on “Perspectives on Independent Writing Prospects’’ The webinar held on Tuesday, 8th June 2021 had Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director Media Career Development as the lead speaker with Mr Sanmi Falobi moderating. Otufodunrin shared his experience as a writer, prospects for writers
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Before launching his publication YES INTERNATIONAL Magazine, Azuh Arinze has had vast experience in entertainment and celebrity reporting, including being Editor of Encomium Weekly for eight years. In this interview to mark the tenth anniversary of his magazine, Arinze who is also an author and communication strategist shares insights on the various lessons he has
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Worried by the continued exploitation of broadcasters by media owners, broadcaster and media entrepreneur, Fola Folayan has called for the launch of a new union to protect their rights better conditions of service. In this interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, the Operations Director of BROADCAST RADIO MASTER CLASS offers more insights on the worrisome working conditions
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What is the level of press freedom in tertiary institutions in Nigeria? Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi and Abdulrasheed Hammad report on threats and other restrictions campus journalists are enduring. For over a decade, the Health Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba Akoko, Ondo State had existed in an unhealthy state on swampy land. Instead of getting
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