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UDUS Students top at 2024 Campus Journalism Awards

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Students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) stole the spotlight at the 2024 Campus Journalism Awards (CJA), clinching multiple honours at the prestigious event. The ceremony, organised by Youth Digest, was held on December 7, 2024, at Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, celebrating excellence in campus journalism across Nigeria. A 500-level law student and President of the […]

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2024 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting winners

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Winners have emerged for various award categories from the final shortlists of the 2024(19th) Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. There was however no overall Investigative Reporter of The Year winner as the award judges complained of the declining quality of investigative reports. Commended works, runners-up and some winners of the six categories of the

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Journalists group unveils report on Misogyny, calls for end of TFGBV

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A faith-based media group, Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach have unveiled their findings on the “Trends and Contexts of Misogyny and Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria” in a report presented on Thursday 5, December as part of concerted efforts to call for the end of gender-based violence. The public presentation of the report was

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NIgeria’s CJID team unveils new AI tool for journalists

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As part of the activity for the JournalismAI Festival, Nigeria’s Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development’s Head of Innovation Monsur Muhammed’s team has unveiled a new AI tool to help journalists hold politicians accountable. Muhammed’s team consisting of Nicholas Adeniyi of CJID and  Mohamed Anes Mostefaoui and Mohammed Haddad from Al Jazeera (Qatar) showcased KnowYourLeader.ai

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Full list of 33rd Diamond Awards for Media Excellence

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The 33rd edition of the Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) was held on Saturday, November 30 2024 and journalists and media organisations were awarded for their brilliant journalism work. With various media teams shining more than their counterpart. There were 17 main categories of the award being contested for by journalists and their media

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15 journalists makes 19th WSAIR shortlist, investigative journalism award

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15 journalists selected across 11 media houses have been shortlisted for the 19th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting(WSAIR). The journalists were selected as the finalists of the award by the 2024 WSAIR panel of judges led by the Editor-in-chief and News Director of TVC News, Stella Din-Jacob, out of a pool

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Award winners emerge as CJID holds conference, anniversary

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Winners have emerged for the maiden edition of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development’s Excellence in Journalism Awards in West Africa. The winning journalists selected from those shortlisted from the entries were announced on November 27 at the closing dinner of the CJID’s Media and Development Conference in Abuja. Winners and runners-up were selected

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OOU Campus Mirror commended for enhancing campus journalism

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The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin, has commended campus journalists of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, for their interest in enhancing their journalism skills. Speaking through MCDN Programme Manager, Dayo Emmanuel, who represented him at the seventh-anniversary event of the Campus Mirror publication, Otufodunrin praised

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‘Local, community-focused journalism will solve Nigeria’s media problem’

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Veteran journalist and media scholar, Dr Richard Ikiebe has advocated the adoption of local and community-focused journalism as the solution to the problems facing the Nigerian media. According to him, local media, serving relevant communities with the needed content through a model customised for their indigenous realities will prevent media outfits from making the same

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