In our Media Career Q&A series, Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin responds to a question by a student of Mass Communication from Covenant University, Otta. To know the right career choice to make among the various options available will require knowing what they all involve and if it’s what you will want to do […]
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The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), an independent, not-for-profit organisation that combats injustice, holds power to account and speaks for the voiceless has vacancies for five editorial and administrative positions. The deadline for submission of applications is May 30 and all successful candidates would have been contacted by Friday, June 11, 2021. The vacant positions,
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DEADLINE: ROLLING— The femInStyle Africa, a magazine for women by women, is looking to engage the services of writers to cover any of these available positions. POSITIONS AVAILABLE (1) Social Media Content Creator (2) Health Writer (3) Finance Writer (4) Travel Writer (5) Beauty and Fashion Writer SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR Job Description 1. Writing,
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The Vent Republic – www.theventrepublic.com an online newspaper targeted at the youths and millennial generation needs the services of volunteer campus journalists from all over Nigeria. Do you have what it takes to be a Journalist? Do you have a passion for Journalism? Do you want a platform to build your skills? Why not consider
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A social enterprise and advocacy organisation seeks a young, dynamic and self-motivated individual to work as a project assistant. The successful candidate shall work on the organisation’s sanitary pad media campaign and Funke Treasure Table Tennis Championship among other special projects. Required Qualification Minimum of HND or First degree in the humanities or social sciences
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Yellow Bloom consulting is an equal opportunity learning & development, mentorship and media consulting organisation focused on delivering impact to clients and stakeholders across the spectrum of influence. The Role We are looking for a young, energetic and innovative junior executive with working knowledge of IT to initiate, develop and execute our training activities. The
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In 2007, Funke Fadugba retired as general manager-news/current affairs of DAAR Communications, Lagos. With her retirement, she appeared to have bid goodbye to active journalism, having worked in various media outfits for 30 years. But, the truth is that a journalist is a journalist. It is difficult to resist the newsroom and its politics, the
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The Making of the Nigerian Flagship: A story of The Guardian by Aaron Ukodie and O’seun Ogunseitan launched recently is full of many interesting and insightful recollections by journalists who worked in the organization in its first ten years of operations. The book is a treasure considering the no-holds back accounts many of the former
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Media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin recalls a conversation with a reporter who shared his agony about not getting deserved promotion. I still recall the telephone conversation like yesterday though it was more than ten years ago I spoke with the state correspondent in a newspaper I used to work. He had called to draw
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Being an editor in a digital world requires more skills than it used to be for anyone who still wants to remain relevant in the media and communication industry. Companies and organisations are devising new ways of communicating what they do and hiring highly skilled editors who have more than the usual traditional editorial skills.
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