Google Africa has announced its unflinching support for a Digital Journalism initiative which will see 6,000 African journalists trained in data journalism skills by the end of February 2018. Google News Lab and the World Bank revealed plans of working with Code For Africa to empower journalists in Africa by giving them the necessary support to explore the […]
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors have expressed shock over the news of the invasion of the premises of the SUN Publishing Limited by heavily armed EFCC operatives in the early hours of June 12, 2017. According to the president, Nigeria Guild of Editors, Funke Egbèmode, “The fierce looking operatives prevented staff of the organisation from
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Fifteen Nigerian journalists have been selected by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) to participate in the second phase of its Investigative Journalism training programme tagged Open Contracting Reporting Project (OCRP). The 15 journalists were selected out of nearly 80 entries following a call for application rolled out on May 17, 2017. According to the
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The Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and multiple-award-winning journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka has announced his movement to the British Broadcasting Corporation as Editor. His movement comes after working for two years as the media aide to Amosun. Adejuwon, before his appointment as media aide, was the Deputy General Editor and a member
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The Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and multiple-award-winning journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka has announced his movement to the British Broadcasting Corporation as Editor. His movement comes after working for two years as the media aide to Amosun. Adejuwon, before his appointment as media aide, was the Deputy General Editor and a member
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By Kelechi Amakoh The State House Correspondent Of Channels Television, Chukwuma Onuekwusi is dead. The 55-year old journalist died in the early hours of Tuesday in an Abuja hospital after battling with an ailment for some weeks. He worked for Channels Television for 19 years. During this period, he covered several beats on Channels Television
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By Kelechi Amakoh The International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) will on November 9 honour two United States of America journalists, Chris Wallace and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson at its Awards Dinner in Washington D.C. Chris Wallace is a Fox News anchor, while Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson works as a Correspondent with the National Public Radio. ICFJ President,
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By Kelechi Amakoh The International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) will on November 9 honour two United States of America journalists, Chris Wallace and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson at its Awards Dinner in Washington D.C. Chris Wallace is a Fox News anchor, while Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson works as a Correspondent with the National Public Radio. ICFJ President,
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Despite criticisms of unethical journalism practice in the social media space, senior media practitioners have urged journalists to embrace the new age media without neglecting the ethics of the media profession. They made the call at a recent media colloquium organised to celebrate the 60th birthday of columnist and publisher of Genevive magazine, Betty Irabor
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By Kelechi Amakoh The annual Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship is calling for applications from journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The deadline for the application is May 21. The four weeks programme at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City is slated to hold from September 11–29, 2017. The
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