Damilola Ayeni has been appointed Editor of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). The management of the organisation on January 20 announced the appointment of Ayeni who rose from the position of a Reporter to Acting News and Feature Editor within one year of the organization’s establishment and became Acting Editor in December. Ayeni, 28, […]
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has vacancies for Communication Officer and Programme Manager. Interested applicants should send a motivation letter stating how they fit the bill and why they would like to work with WSCIJ (not more than 300 words) along with your resume as a single document, to career@wscij.org. Email subject must
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin reviews the trend of many journalists launching general interest websites and offers his candid view on options to consider. When I resigned from The Nation Newspaper in December 2018, some of my colleagues assumed that starting my own news website will be one of my options. They had
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the need for journalists to have a vision for and mission for their career. In her last email message for 2021 titled Pain Pushes Until Vision Pulls, Thoela DeBoSe, a former Washington Post Reporter, wrote that her vision for 2022 is to relaunch her Career Change BootCamp online
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Star Presenter/Producer at ARISE NEWS Amaka Okoye has joined Deutsche Welle as its West Africa correspondent. She announced her movement in a LinkedIn Post on Tuesday with the post: “I am happy to announce that I have accepted an offer with Deutsche Welle as its correspondent covering West Africa.” She added to the post: To new beginnings #DWGirl
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Folu Olamiti, veteran editor, columnist and media consultant who clocked 70 years, on November 28, 2021, have many journalists who are grateful for the crucial roles he played in their journalism career. Olamiti was former Editor and Executive Director, Publications of Tribune Newspapers and former media Consultant to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related
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In commemoration of Worlds AIDS Day, we asked Fred Adegboye a trained journalist who is open about his HIV positive status to share his over 13 years of work experience in The Nation Newspaper, Nigeria. I got to know my HIV status precisely in April 2003. At the time, l was a student at
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Alofe Faith Opeyemi of the department of English and Literary Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has been elected the 50th and first female President of the Association of Campus Journalists (ACJ) of the institution. She was elected along with other executive members on September 25, 2021. Other Executive council members: Vice President ( Administration )
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Journalism can be a very soul-draining job, but Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin says “catch the vibes.” I have always somehow enjoyed listening to the song Bloody Samaritan by Ayra Starr, which is not my kind of music, even though I don’t know the lyrics. It wasn’t until the Head of Programmes at Liberty Radio
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Experienced media and communications strategist, Femi Salawu has been appointed as Head, Public Affairs and Media Relations of a foremost full-service agency, The Temple Company. Salawu, a former journalist is returning to the company almost three years after he left having begun as a pioneer staff in 2016. Prior to his appointment, Salawu was in
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