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1,2,3,4,5 Nigeria tops in West Africa Media Excellence Awards

Five Nigerian journalists on Saturday night won five of the eight categories of the 2020 West Africa Media Excellence Awards held in Accra, Ghana. The winners are as follows: Best Reporter, Telecommunications and ICTs Innocent Duru, The Nation Newspaper, Best Reporter, Business and SMEs Kelechukwu Iruoma Best reporter, Investigative Reporting Fisayo Soyombo, The cable, Environmental […]

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How journalists, media can cope with impact of COVID-19 – ActionAid report

A research report commissioned by ActionAid Nigeria on the Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria media operation and survival has offered suggestions on how journalists and media organisations can cope with the emerging challenges. The report launched on Tuesday in Abuja by the Country Director, Ene  Obi was conducted Isine Ibanga. Research Fellow and Managing

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Journalism remains an endangered profession in Nigeria – PTCIJ report

Free press in Nigeria continues to be relentlessly attacked while journalism as a practice remains an endangered profession despite constitutional provision for the media to hold the government accountable. Programme Director of Premium Times Investigative Journalism Centre, (PTCIJ) Ms Oluwatosin Alagbe stated this in STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM REPORT: Trends and Reflections launched on Thursday.

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Young professionals share experience at PR Students Campus Summit

The maiden edition of the PR Students on Campus Summit, an initiative to attract new talents to the Public Relations industry has held with two young professionals sharing their career journey. Organised by Nigerian Women in Public Relations, the first virtual edition was held exclusively for students of the University of Lagos on October 30,

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Nigerians top West Africa Media Excellence Awards finalist list

Seven Nigerian journalists are on the list of 20 finalists from six countries for the 2020 edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA 2020) organised by The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). They were selected from 740 entries from 13 countries in West Africa by the five-member jury after a review of

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Media programmes THISWEEK: November 9-14, 2020

The Media programmes scheduled to hold this week include training, call for entries, deadlines and others between Monday, November 9-Saturday, November 14, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details. MONDAY, November 9, 2020 Deadline for Labour Migration Media Programme The deadline to apply for the free Labour Migration Media Programme

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November 15 deadline for Migration Reporter Competition

Sunday, November 15, 2020, is the deadline for The Migration Reporter Competition for Nigerian journalists launched by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The award is designed as an annual competition to commemorate International Migrants Day, a United Nations day to raise awareness about the benefits and challenges of international migration, as well as to

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