Following the recent call by the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists for defaulting media houses to pay salaries of its members, we asked Founder/Director at The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe options for media houses and journalists considering the state of the industry. His short and sharp answers are below. MC: The […]
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Adejuwon Soyinka, a 2019 Emmy Awards nominee, is Regional Editor (West Africa) The Conversation Africa. Before his present appointment, he was Editor/Head, BBC Pidgin Service at BBC World Service, Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Ogun State Governor, Deputy General Editor, TELL and Editor, www.tell.ng at Tell Magazine. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin,
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Ogechi Onuoha, Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Marie Stopes who was former Programme Officer at Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) reviews media coverage of COVID-19 in Nigeria and suggests more coverage options and responses to the pandemic. The Coronavirus seems to have caught everyone unawareness including the media. What are the main issues you think
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Executive Director of Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS), Olayide Akanni in this interview speaks media coverage of COVID-19 in Nigeria and other issues on the pandemic. The Coronavirus seems to have caught everyone unawareness including the media. What are the main issues you think the media should be looking out for to report? The media
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The new Editor-In-Chief (EIC) of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ephraims Sheyin has plans to reposition the organisation to meet modern challenges. Sheyin who disclosed his plans in a brief made available to Media Career noted that as a news agency, NAN used to pride itself as the agency that will always be the
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Former Head of Audience Engagement at BusinessDay Newspaper, Yvette Uloma Dimiri is now the Growth Editor of Stears Business. In this interview with Media Career, Dimiri who says she loves day-dreaming and talking about the future of Media speaks about her stay in BusinessDay, the need for improving audience engagement and other issues. You
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O’Femi Kolawole is an award-winning journalist and author who has practised journalism for about 19 years. The author of THE GATEKEEPERS; a biography of Nigerian newspaper editors, media scholars, public relation practitioners, political leaders and researchers, Kolawole recently unveiled another publication tilted Nigerian JOURNALISM to celebrate 160 years of journalism in Nigeria. In this interview
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Blaise Aboh, graduate of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Technology tells his amazing story of becoming a citizen data scientist which involves exploring the impact of Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Data Analytics and Journalism. My story as an Engineer who became known for Data Visualization and Storytelling cannot be told without mentioning my later father,
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Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Nigeria who has written for many international publications including African Arguments, International Journalists’ Network [IJNet], Global Investigative Journalism Network [GIJN], Ozy, BRIGHT Magazine, Scrap magazine, Ft’s This is Africa, National Catholic Reporter, Global Sisters Report, Catholic Herald and Jewish Women Archive. In this interview with Media Career
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Ejiro Umukoro “Lady E” is the Pioneer General Manager of MEGA 89.1 FM, Warri in Delta State. She has been working behind the scene with her team for months to set up the station that commenced operations July 1st 2019. In this report, she speaks about the station, its goals and vision and provides insight
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