A 300-Level student of Law of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) Abdulrasheed Hammad has emerged as the new Editor-in-chief of Pen Press Club of the institution. The appointment was announced by the former Editor-in-chief of the press board, Uchenna Emelife during the Pen Press 2020 day held on Sunday, 25th July 2021. Hammad is […]
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The International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight Fellowship programme has launched ‘FactsMatter Pod’, a podcast dedicated to analysing issues around misinformation and fact-checking initiatives in Nigeria. Hosted by the ICFJ Knight Fellow, Hannah Ajakaiye, the podcast features insightful discussions with leading voices on Nigeria’s digital platforms as well as stakeholders using creative means to tackle
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The 4th edition of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP), organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in Lagos on Monday with calls for more women in the leadership of media organisations in the country. Twenty-one female journalists from broadcast, print and digital media organizations are participating in the programme aimed at
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Twenty-one female journalists in the county have been selected for the fourth edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). They include journalists from print, broadcast and digital media with three
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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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All things remaining equal, it will take at least 67 more years to close the average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide. This was one of the key findings of the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the largest research and advocacy initiative in the world on gender equality in news and journalism.
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A journalism lecturer at the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Mike Osuji has published a new book titled African communication system in a global and digital age. The book is structured into two parts with the first part tagged: “concepts, channels and messages of African communication system”. It revealed, among others, membership of traditional African
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Three Nigeria media organisations, Ripples Nigeria, Stears News Limited and Legit.ng are among 22 successful recipients for the Google News Initiative’s second Middle East, Turkey and Africa Innovation Challenge. The recipients were selected from 329 applications from 35 countries who responded to an open call for applications in February after a rigorous review, a round
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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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bird, said to be Africa’s first, optimized-for-mobile, story agency designed to shift narratives about and within the continent has been launched by Africa No Filter (ANF), the not-for-profit organisation focused on narrative change. Africa No Filter Executive Director, Moky Makura, according to a press statement by Africa Media Agency, said the story agency was set
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