Climate Tracker is hiring 20 photographers for a documentary project. Successful candidates will cover environmental issues for up to two weeks between October 2019 and April 2020. Photographers from the following countries are eligible to apply: Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Djibouti, Chad, Mozambique, Sudan, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New […]
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Tunde Abatan writes on the 6th Annual Conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN ) held on the state of the media in Abeokuta, Ogun State last week When communication scholars and professionals in Nigeria gathered in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last week for their 6th Annual Conference with the Theme: National
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Application for the first instalment of The Future of Work Classes (TFWC) 1.0 tagged “Journalism AI, Storytelling and Content” is now open for media practitioners, storytellers and content creators. The training by Orodata Science and Civic Tech through its learning arm – Orodata Learn, is to address issues and concerns on the rapidly changing nature
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A foundation to train indigent journalists has been set up by the retired Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, Folarin Adeyemi. Adeyemi announced the setting up of the foundation on Monday at his 6oth birthday and retirement from the state civil service. He said the foundation is his way of
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Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust Newspapers, has commenced the setting up of a national television station. The plan was contained in a statement by the Board of Directors of the company over the weekend announcing five new appointments in the editorial department. The former editor of the Daily Trust on Saturday Abdulkareem
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Shefali Rekhi, Asia News Network Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore. Thirty newsrooms from around the world will join forces to mark World News Day (WND) on Sept 28 to showcase the contributions made by professional newsrooms to the communities they serve. They will tell the stories behind the reports and features that made an impact in
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The 5th Women in Journalism Africa Conference (WiJAfrica) is scheduled to hold on October 5, 2019 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Nigeria. The theme of this year’s conference is Action Journalism: Women on the frontlines. “Specifically, we are looking at supporting and highlighting the hard work of African journalists who are working in conflict areas,
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The Mass Communication Department of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State has emerged winner of the first edition of the Otufodunrin Mass Communication Quiz Competition. The outcome of the competition was announced in a statement by the Coordinator, Dayo Emmanuel on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The department bagged the first position out of eight institutions
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Ademola Bankole-Bawa Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lia Mohammed has been re-appointed by President Muhammdu Buhari. He was sworn-in along with 42 other Ministers and Ministers of State in Abuja on Wednesday, August 21. A journalist and former Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Sunday Dare was also named as Minister of
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APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), a media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, will award one African journalist transport, accommodation and daily allowance to attend the 2019 Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) (www.AHIF.com) in Ethiopia. The premier hotel investment conference in Africa, which will hold in Addis Ababa, from 23rd-25th
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