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Media Programmes THISWEEK Dec 14- 19, 2020

Media programmes scheduled for this week include a call for entries, award announcement, deadline, a day of tribute among others between Monday, December 14- Saturday, December 19, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, December 14, 2020 Deadline for Journalism Fund’s Money Trail Grants Journalist teams from Africa applications […]

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Banjo, Samuel-Wemimo, Folarin win Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting awards

Winners have emerged for the 2020 edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) The winners announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Lagos include Damilola Banjo of Shahara Reporter who won the online category and the overall Investigative Reporter of

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Tributes, condolences as Nigerians mourn LEADERSHIP publisher

Chairman and Founder of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, publishers of Leadership Newspapers and National Economy, Mr Sam Nda-Isiah, died on Friday, November 11, 2020, in Abuja. His sudden death has been greeted with lots of tributes and condolence messages from across the country. The 58 years media mogul, writer, politician and serial entrepreneur, according to a

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Soyombo

After five attempts, Soyombo wins Kurk Schork Awards

After five attempts and three appearances on the shortlist of the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, multiple award-winning investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has emerged the 2020 winner of the Local Reporter category of the competition. In a press statement on Thursday by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Fisayo won for his undercover investigation on Nigeria’s criminal

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BusinessDay Editor resigns, alleges corporate malpractices, bad management

Editor of BusinessDay, Patrick Atuanya has resigned his appointment alleging corporate malpractice and bad management of the company. Atuanya who was appointed editor of the paper in January 2019 announced his sudden exit in a message he shared with staff in a WhatsApp group titled Parting Shot. Although Atuanya could not be immediately reached, the

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MEDIA

Training for investigative health reporters

The International Press Centre (IPC) is set to commence a six-month Media-in-Health-Care-Accountability Project to facilitate the emergence of a corps of next-generation investigative health reporters in December. The project, supported by the US Consulate-General, Lagos seeks to enhance the capacity of the media and younger generation journalists to serve as effective catalysts of fundamental health care

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Media Programmes THISWEEK November 30 – December 5, 2020

The media programmes scheduled for this week include fellowship deadline, workshop, Award, Lecture among others between Monday, November 30-Saturday, December 5, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details Monday, November 30, 2020 Deadline for Investigative Fellowships To Tackle Religious Intolerance Applications for an intensive, free six-week online course that will

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CNN’s Aisha Salaudeen wins The Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism

Aisha Salaudeen Journalist and multi-platform producer with CNN International has emerged the winner of The Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism for 2020. She was announced as the winner of the award along with 19 others for other categories on Saturday, 28 November at the first-ever TV and digital edition of the competition. The Journalism

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