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Guardian

The Guardian: Appointments, exit leave, sack, resignation

New editorial managers are taking over at The Guardian Newspaper this week following appointments over the weekend by the management. The Editor-In-Chief/ COO, Debo Adesina last Friday proceeded on three months exit leave, while some other top editors including the Acting Daily Editor, Dr Paul Onomuakpopo, Saturday Editor, Ms Nike Sotade and Associate Editor, Julius […]

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Asejere

Asejere launches website

More than a year after the print version hit the newsstand, Asejere, an indigenous tabloid in Yoruba language has launched its website, www.asejere.net The website according to the publishers will serve to further reach out to its teeming readers, and it will continue to focus on connecting and promoting commerce and entrepreneurs among the people

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COVID-19

Media should effectively monitor funds, spending on COVID-19

Adeola Ogunlade, Kehinde Adegboyega reports on contributions by speakers at a webinar on Monitoring and Tracking of COVID-19 funding and spending. The media has been urged to effectively monitor funding and spending on COVID-19 nationwide. The call was made by speakers at a CSOs briefing on Monitoring and Tracking COVID-19 funding and spending: Role of

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media

COVID-19: Way out of financial crisis for Nigeria media

Juan Senor, President, Innovation Media Consulting Group at a Google Meet with media executives and managers in Nigeria organised by The Journalism Clinic shares insights and ideas on navigating the financial crisis facing media organisations worldwide. Lekan Otufodunrin was at the meeting.   With the dire state of the media in Nigeria following the COVID-19

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collaboration

Call for more global collaborative reporting

Amidst the ravaging COVID-19 crisis across the globe, which has wrecked so much havoc and also affected physical gatherings, there have been renewed calls for more newsrooms collaboration at the 2020 collaborative journalism summit. The 2020 summit which was held virtually, had in attendance over 400 journalists, including two young Nigerian Journalists — Alao Abiodun

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media

COVID-19: Help avert catastrophe in the media, NUJ urges Buhari

Worried by the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media industry, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written President Muhammadu Buhari asking for a financial bail-out to avert a “avert a catastrophe”. Full text of the letter signed by the President, Chris Isiguzo is reproduced below:   NUJ/NS/10/P/1/VOL I His Excellency, President

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media

Stakeholders list four-point survival strategies for media

Media owners, managers and practitioners have been urged to become more digital in their operations in order to survive. They also need to be more creative, innovative and technology-driven according to the recommendations in a communique issued at the end of the National Media Virtual Roundtable jointly organised by ActionAid Nigeria and Journalists Against Poverty.

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COVID 19

Adamawa correspondents’ scary, stigamatising COVID-19 experience

Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Yola based freelance correspondent writes on the experience of members of the correspondents chapel in Adamawa State when a member tested positive for COVID-19.  It was a big relief and celebration time for members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa state when the result of

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media

COVID-19: Salary payment, new measures in 24 media houses (UPDATED)

Before the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, some media organisations have been defaulting in payment of salaries and allowances of their staff. The situation has however become complicated with virtually all the major media houses unable to meet their normal obligations.  Some are still unable to pay, some paid a percentage of normal salaries and

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