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Award winners emerge as CJID holds conference, anniversary

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Winners have emerged for the maiden edition of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development’s Excellence in Journalism Awards in West Africa. The winning journalists selected from those shortlisted from the entries were announced on November 27 at the closing dinner of the CJID’s Media and Development Conference in Abuja. Winners and runners-up were selected […]

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OOU Campus Mirror commended for enhancing campus journalism

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The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin, has commended campus journalists of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, for their interest in enhancing their journalism skills. Speaking through MCDN Programme Manager, Dayo Emmanuel, who represented him at the seventh-anniversary event of the Campus Mirror publication, Otufodunrin praised

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‘Local, community-focused journalism will solve Nigeria’s media problem’

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Veteran journalist and media scholar, Dr Richard Ikiebe has advocated the adoption of local and community-focused journalism as the solution to the problems facing the Nigerian media. According to him, local media, serving relevant communities with the needed content through a model customised for their indigenous realities will prevent media outfits from making the same

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“We need well-trained, resilient, innovative media professionals’

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Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Professor Oloruntola Sunday has stressed the need for a new generation of well-trained, resilient and innovative media professionals who can enhance the practice of the profession. Professor Sunday who is the Head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, made the

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MCDN launches Media Mastery Product

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The Media Career Development Network has launched a media product for media professionals to develop their media career capacity through tailored and structured mentorship and community support. The media product, Media Mastery Network, launched at the Media Career Development Conference targets career-conscious media professionals at different levels who have set career development goals.  Aspiring and student

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Media NGOs, corporate organisations bag capacity development awards

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Organisers of the first-ever Media Career Development Conference, the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) has presented awards of recognition to corporate and Non-governmental organisations for their contribution to media career development in Nigeria. The awards were presented to the organisations on Thursday, at the Conference attended by students, practising journalists, media managers and other professionals. 

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Media leaders inaugurate cooperative society sets vision for empowering members.

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Implementing the resolutions of the recent Nigeria Media Leaders Summit convened by the founder of The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe, media leaders on Friday inaugurated a media cooperative society. According to a statement released by the society, The Innovative Media Partners (Surulere) Cooperative Multipurpose Society was inaugurated by the  Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives,

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Polaris Bank empowers media practitioners on AI, new practices

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As part of its ongoing commitment to continually empower the Nigerian media and enable it play the critical watchdog role in the society, Polaris Bank will on Thursday, October 24 holds its annual Media Capacity Seminar. The theme of this year’s seminar for all classes of Journalists across the media spectrum is “Integrating AI tools

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Media urged to close gender gap in news, newsroom leadership

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The media has been urged to include more female voices in their reporting and close the gender gap in news reporting and newsroom leadership. The call was made by panelists during the X space held by the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on October 15 2024 on the theme “Strategies for Integrating Female Voices in News and

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