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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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism invites journalists, media professionals, freelancers and researchers, in the media industry to apply to be a part of its #CREATESAFESPACES storytelling project. The project aims to transform storytelling around Gender-based violence in ways that elicit prompt and positive responses from policymakers, security agencies, the judiciary and the larger
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After registering online for the COVID-19 vaccination in March 2021 as directed by the Federal Government, the Deputy Editor of NewDawn Newspaper, Charles Okogene waited to get a text message on when and where he should go for his first jab. He got none and became agitated about what he termed the unreliable promise by
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The Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) of the University of Lagos is set to host the fourth edition of its Agenda setting Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) on 15th of July 2021. The President of the Association, Vincent Oyo, confirmed in a press release that the topic of this year’s DLS as COMMUNICATION STRATEGY OPTIONS FOR
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The 13th edition of the Wole Soyinka Centre media lecture series to mark the 87th birthday of Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka will on July 13 in Lagos. A press statement by Mrs Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), disclosed that the lecture will feature eight panelists on the theme
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Germany based publisher of The African Courier, Mr Femi Awoniyi has been elected President of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Germany. He was elected unopposed by members of the organization for a two-year term at its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 26th June 2021. Awoniyi, a journalist and media consultant who studied Engineering was
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