The Executive Director of the Media Career Development Network, Mr Lekan Otufodurin has urged journalists to maximise existing and possible new model opportunities in journalism. He gave the advice while speaking at an online conference organized by the Digital Literacy Advocacy Club and the Centre for Information Technology and Development through Zoom on Saturday. While […]
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The Journalism and Media Lab( jamlab) has invited journalists to submit proposals for grants of up to ZAR-20,000 for in-depth reporting on journalism, media innovations and innovators in Africa. Applicants are to concentrate on the following areas as a guide: Case studies based on real-world examples that inspire, warn or make you think differently about
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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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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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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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How can media organizations be unique in the content provided for their audience with the lockdown of major cities and access to same data about victims of COVID-19? Lekan Otufodunrin reports This was one of the issues discussed at a recent online interactive session on Media Sustainability organized by the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ).
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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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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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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 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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