Three months ago, Broadcast Journalist, Zainab Sanni and Content writer Moh’d Muhydeen Olakunle started NewsVerifier.Africa now a one-stop-shop for “Fact-Checking” as part of efforts quest to combat misinformation and disinformation in Africa. In this interview with www.mediacareerng.org Zainab speaks on their experience and plans to step up their fact-checking campaign. Three months after the launch […]
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Adeniyi Faleti is a chip off the old block — multitalented and an On-Air Personality (OAP) with Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) where his late father, veteran broadcaster, Alagba Adebayo Faleti was once the General Manager. He hosts his own programme on Oluyole 98.5 FM every 9:15 to 11 pm. In an online conversation
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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists worldwide have been among frontline workers contributing to stemming the spread of the virus through reporting on various print, broadcasting and online platforms. In Africa, with over 250,000 cases, 6000 plus deaths and over 100,000 recoveries in 57 countries, journalists, despite various limitations have risen up to
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By Seye Joseph, MCS Popular Nigerian-based American On-Air Personality, Dan Foster ( who died on Wednesday, June 17, 2020) has revealed how he got his first radio job in the country while he was still in America. Foster in an interview with The Punch Newspaper in 2014 said that he never knew he was coming
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He has seen both the practical and theoretical aspects of mass media in his almost four decades in the profession. With practical journalism experience in Nigeria and in Europe before returning to the classroom to impart his experience and knowledge, Dr Kola Adesina is currently the head of the department of awards winning mass communication
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Abimbola Otusanya of FAAJI 106.5FM, Lagos who marked her tenth broadcast journalism job anniversary offers advice for aspiring journalists and challenges on the job Based on your experience so far, what is your advice for aspiring broadcast journalists? Zeal is paramount in one’s quest to become a Broadcast Journalist, money shouldn’t top the list. It’s
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Adenike Fagbemi, a brand strategist at NixxHash Communications, media consultant, content specialist and journalist in this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, shares her experience of organising very successful online training during the lockdown over the COVID-19. What informed your decision to organise a series of online training during this lockdown? The disruption happened and we
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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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