Deputy Director Digital Media Voice of Nigeria and former Chairman NUJ Lagos State Council, Dr Qasim Akinreti celebrates, broadcaster, Olanrewaju Olutunbosun, Ogbonge, Baale Ojutaye on Radio Lagos /Eko FM who retires after 35 years service. “It is good to leave when the ovation is loudest. “This is a popular saying in our community. And for […]
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All is set for the second edition of the Nigerian Media Leaders’ Summit, organised by The Journalism Clinic (TJC) and endorsed by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN). According to TJC’s Founder/Director Taiwo Obe, the event, coming nearly five years to when the first was held, with no fewer than 60 senior executives from
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Two Nigerians have been selected for the inaugural AI Journalism Lab at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Award winning Nigerian journalists and founder of FactMattersNG, Hannah Ajakaiye and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID)’s Head of Innovation, Monsur Hussain were among the cohort of 25 journalists, media leaders, academics,
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At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia last week, there were several sessions of insightful conversations by brilliant journalists. While we were not physically present, we made sure to follow a lot of the sessions made available virtually. So far we have followed several discussions but there are five important ones that we think Nigerian
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The just concluded 2024 International Journalism Festival in Perugia was a very interesting and engaging one for participants across different continents. At several sessions of vibrant discussions brilliant journalists explained complex issues and revealed findings concerning journalism and the journalists’ welfare. Though we couldn’t attend physically, we followed as many live-streamed sessions as possible. We
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A novel ‘Distortion’ by acclaimed international multi-award winning communications specialist, writer, journalist, trainer and facilitator, Ejiro ‘LadyE’ Umukoro Umukoro has been approved as a textbook for Senior Secondary Schools (SS1-3) for literature in English. The approval for the first term was signed by the Director of Education Research Centre, Kelly N. Kentoa, under the Ministry
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Former Assistant Editor of the Punch Newspaper, Nike Popoola has emerged the overall winner for the 9th edition of the Pan African ReInsurance Journalism Awards. She was announced at the 2024 award ceremony which coincides with the awarding organisation, Continental Reinsurance’s annual CEO Summit held April 12 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe According to a statement
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Four Nigerian journalists have been nominated in different categories of the 9th Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards celebrating talent in African journalism covering the re/insurance industry. Nike Popoola of The Punch Newspaper, Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria, Afeez Hanafi of Daily Trust and G.U Chukwu of Daily Review Online were nominated in the English broadcast,
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UPDATED! Artificial Intelligence has significantly affected journalism and research. Its use continuously blurs the line between truth and falsehoods as it also helps to enhance productivity in journalism when used ethically. The sustained increase in their innovation and sophistication has made the understanding and mastery of its use for journalists more important than ever. Our
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A member of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter of the Nigeria Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ) Emmanuel Oluwadola has won the OUR PUNCH YEARS book essay competition for mass communication students and campus journalists nationwide. Oluwadola was announced as the winner of the competition on Monday by organisers of the competition on OUR
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