The Executive Director of the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), Mr. Dayo Aiyetan, has advised journalists to abide by the ethics of the profession in their reporting. Aiyetan gave the advice while speaking as the guest speaker at the Campus Journalism Award organised by Youths Digest in Abuja on December 11, 2021. He emphasised […]
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Friday, December 3, 2021, was celebrated worldwide as International Day for Persons with Disabilities. To mark the day, Hope Inspired Foundation for Women and Youths, HIFWY, a non-governmental organization in Nigeria, with funding from Disability Rights Fund, organized a Media Roundtable in Lagos to discuss how best to improve sexuality education and empowerment for women
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A veteran journalist and Executive Director, Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has advised young media professionals to learn the fundamentals of journalism and be technologically compliant to thrive in today’s media industry. He gave the advice during the Ogun State Campus Journalism Summit organized by The Press Club, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic. The
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Nigeria’s Dataphyte, a media and data analytics company is one of the two first beneficiaries of the $1 million MDIF Ventures, Media Development Investment Fund. The fund is an investment in young media companies with positive social impact serving audiences in countries where access to free and independent news and information is under threat. Dataphyte provides
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African newsrooms are giving priority to solution journalism in their reporting according to the findings of the study of impact, innovation, threats and sustainability of digital entrepreneurs in Latin America, South Asia and Africa. The Inflection Point International report by SEMBRA Media with support of Luminate and additional support of Centre for International Media Assistance
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A former Acting Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Jide Adebayo, is dead. Adebayo died in a Lagos hospital on Thursday at the age of 66 during a brief illness. Retired Maj.-Gen. Lasisi Abidoye, a close friend of Adebayo, also the President of Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA), confirmed this in a
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In spite of often tiny budgets and constant online threats and attacks, a new global report has revealed that Digital media entrepreneurs are producing ground-breaking journalism and achieving a significant impact on their societies, The Inflection Point International report, published Thursday, November 4, 2021 by SembraMedia, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurial journalists, in partnership with
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Media organisations have been urged to develop and be willing to implement robust gender-inclusive policy to guide against sexual harassment and intimidation of journalists, especially female journalists. The gender policy must also ensure a measure of gender balance in the leadership structure of the organisations. The call was made by participants in a communique issued
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Award-winning Indian journalist, Teresa Rehman and Amaka Okoye, a journalist with Arise News Nigeria, have shared insights on how journalists can report conflicts. The duo spoke at a webinar tagged Women in Journalism: Insights from India and Nigeria, which was held on October 28 and organized by the ICFJ Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum. The
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Human rights activists have lamented the continued suppression of freedom of expression and the media in the country despite having a democratic government. They spoke on Tuesday at the Commemorative Lecture and Public Presentation of Remaking Nigeria: 60 Years 60 Voices organised by the Africa Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in partnership with
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