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Adegbite: Accomplished digital communication specialist

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Late Adejumobi Adegbite, in whose honour the United States Consulate, Lagos and the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) recently launched a Fellowship for Young Journalists was an accomplished digital communication specialist. He was an information specialist at the United States Department when he died in July 2023. He began my career as a young journalist, but […]

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Salkida: Conflict, development reporting personified

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Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin, profiles the founder/CEO of HumAngle, Ahmad Salkida, who has been devoted to conflict and development reporting for over 23 years. “I wish to constantly be in a position of valued service to humanity and society. To be relevant to the present and future generations in devising solutions to some

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2025 IWD: Accomplished women media professionals we admire

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In commemoration of the 2025 International Women’s Day (IWD) we asked Mass Communication students taking the Media Biographies course to give a shout-out to some accomplished female media professionals they admire and have learnt from while reading about their careers. Below are some of the responses about Former Managing Director of Telegraph Newspaper, Funke Egbemode,

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2025 IWD: Shout-out to accomplished women in the media

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In commemoration of 2025 International Women’s Day, we asked students of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, taking the Media Biographies in Nigeria course to give a shout-out to some of the accomplished female journalists, broadcasters and other media professionals they have read about. Below are some of the many responses.   Toun

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Phenomenal media curator

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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin profiles the Lead Curator, Bazara Media Lab, Kenya, Christine Mungai, who is an accomplished journalist, writer, and curator.  The first time I listened to Christine Mungai speak in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2016 at the inaugural Bloomberg Africa Media Fellowship, I was very impressed by her brilliance and articulation of the media

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Finding purpose in journalism: A student journalist’s story

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When Daniel Nworie sent a heartfelt message to his lecturer, an Associate Professor of Journalism at the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr Tunde Akanni, on the morning of his final undergraduate exam, he had no idea it would spark widespread admiration and reward. He was just expressing his gratitude, a small token of appreciation for

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Accomplished advocate of new media practice

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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin profiles the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TheCable Newspaper, Simon Kolawole.   He was an excellent choice as the guest speaker at the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Professional Forum last week in Lagos. With loads and years of experience as reporter and editor while working in various magazines and

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Treasure: No down-time impactful media career

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Her early retirement in 2019 as Assistant Director from the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) was a big surprise. Typically, people on the management cadre of her level in a government agencies and civil service would look forward to becoming Directors and retire at 60 or clock 35 years in service according to the  Civil service law. However, for reasons

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Techpoint Africa names new Editor-in-Chief

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Seasoned Nigerian Sports journalist Pius Ayinor has been appointed  Editor-in-Chief/Director of Editorial of TechPoint Africa, one of Africa’s foremost digital media covering tech, startup and innovation in the continent. Muyiwa Matuluko, co-founder and chief servant of Techpoint Africa, announced Mr Ayinor’s appointment in a LinkedIn post on Monday, February 3, 2025. “I can finally let go of one

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