The question caught me off guard. Although I was the only male facilitator at the training session with 21 female journalists, I had assumed that my role during the ‘ladies talk’ on staying safe and managing conflicts which was dominated by sexual harassment experience was to listen and offer my advice. I wasn’t expecting to […]
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New executive and senior appointments have been announced by the board of directors of THISDAY Group for the newspaper and Arise News Channel. In the new appointments published by the newspaper on Tuesday, the Editor of the Sunday title, Shaka Momodu was named the Editor of THISDAY, Deputy Editor of THISDAY, Mr. Davidson Iriekpen, takes
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The Health Watch Foundation, operating as “Nigeria Health Watch” has a vacancy for the position of Editor based in Abuja. According to a vacancy announcement by the Foundation, the editor will be responsible for the production and publication of content for Nigeria Health Watch. He/she will be responsible for reviewing content, such as articles, and
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Freelance Reporters at Daily Trust Daily Trust newspaper is currently hiring freelancers reporters for all its platforms nationwide. Interested applicants must have a good command of the English Language, be a fearless reporter, have a nose for news, and must have the ability to report for multiple platforms. Bilingual multimedia journalists who can communicate in
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A leading Nigerian newspaper is looking to employ reporters, investigative journalists and copy editors. The requirements and other details according to an announcement on the Facebook page of Investigative Journalist and Founder, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo are below: REPORTERS The ideal candidates are preferably young with excellent writing skills. Any degree is
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What kind of hands-on training and tutelage can editors give their reporters on the job? Below is an excellent example contained in a letter pioneer Assistant Editor, later Editor and Editor-In-Chief, of The Guardian, Femi Kusa wrote to Collins Obibi, then a reporter on August 7, 1991. The letter contained in the book The Making
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Ace broadcaster, Tunji Ajibade has been appointed as the Manager of CROWTHER 88.5 FM, Oyo, by the management of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo. His appointment was confirmed in a Facebook post by Sunday Saanu, a media aide in the institution. Ajibade, a highly experienced, and thoroughbred broadcaster, is a 1988 graduate of the Department
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Editorial vacancies exist in an Abuja-based online newspaper recruiting an Editor-in-Chief, a Head of Investigation and some reporters as part of efforts to reposition its operations. According to tweets by the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, the requirements for the positions not in his organisation are as follows; Editor-in-Chief An
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Theodora Aidoo writes on the experiences of three female journalists in the newsroom in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown Men have largely dominated journalism in Ghana and women’s voices were not often heard in the media in times of crisis and conflict. These days, however, there is a paradigm shift, and this is no
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African Media Agency (AMA) writes on the 13th anniversary of the founding of Africa 24 Media by Asif Sheikh whose passion is to build an independent media conglomerate to enable Africans to tell, own, and benefit from their own stories. They say 3rd time is a charm, we say 13 is our charm. Today marks
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