A new category, specifically for young journalists has been added this year’s edition of the CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Awards. The Maggie Eales Young Journalist Award is in honour of the late Maggie Eales, the CNN executive and former journalist who during her 20 year career at CNN was the driving force behind the development and […]
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The race for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 Awards has begun with call for entries announced on March 1. A press statement by the organizers CNN International and MultiChoice said the competition open to journalists working in any medium, this year will recognise excellence in the following categories including Culture Award, Dow Technology &
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Forbes Africa Correspondent, Peace Hyde has emerged winner ‘The African Broadcaster of the Year’ female people’s choice category. The On Air Personality beat Bonang Matheba of South Africa,Dolapo Oni and Stephanie Coker of Nigeria with 60% of the votes at the Nigerian Broadcaster Merit Award {NBMA} held in Abuja. The selection featured voting by SMS
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Five heads of departments of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) have been sacked by Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Veteran broadcaster, Yanju Adegbite was named as the the Project Director and KPMG as Consultant for the restructuring of the stations. The sack of the top management of the corporation has however been faulted by the
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The Editorial unit of DigitalSENSE Africa Media Group has contract vacancies for three New Media Reporting Internship/Traineeship positions. The duration of the contract is minimum six months starting from March 14, 2016. Application deadline according to an announcement by the Group Executive, Editor is March 4, 2016. Applicants should send their CV and motivation letter
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By Samson Adeyanju Uwala A Communication expert Gordons Adam has advised journalists to always ensure accuracy and balance in their reports. Adams gave the advice at a seminar on “Reporting Conflict Sensitivity” held at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos during the week. As the gatekeepers of information, he said journalists should be conscious
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By Samson Adeyanju Uwala A Communication expert Gordons Adam has advised journalists to always ensure accuracy and balance in their reports. Adams gave the advice at a seminar on “Reporting Conflict Sensitivity” held at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos during the week. As the gatekeepers of information, he said journalists should be conscious
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The job of many staff of Thisday Newspapers may be hanging in the balance following a memo on Tuesday terminating the appointment of staff, not “on duty and working”, when the publisher, Nduka Obaigbena arrived the Lagos office of the company. Obaigbena, in the memo dated February 23, 2016 addressed to the senior management staff
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After being off the streets for months following shut down protest by the Nigerian Union of Journalists, ( NUJ), Independent newspaper is back on the newsstand with some new editorial managers. Although Ted Iwere, a member of the board of directors who has always being the Chief Executive Officer of the company remains the Executive
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has called for entries from Nigerian professional journalists for a Master Class in Oil and Gas Reporting Course The applicants from the print, broadcast and photography specialties for the deep-dive course on using oil revenue data to develop stories must have ample understanding of the Nigerian oil
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