A question by Lekan Otufodunrin, Media Career Specialist on Facebook triggers off a wave of memorable recollections of the contribution of editors who have mentored many accomplished Nigerian journalists After reading a line in the profile of a new Style editor appointed by New York Times which described him as an editor known for nurturing voices […]
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A veteran journalist, Mr Tony Obiora Nezianya, has been appointed as one of the special assistants on media to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra. Nezianya retired from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after 34 years of service and later became the Group Editor-In Chief of Echonewsng.com, an online news medium. He retired as Director/Head
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On the fifteenth anniversary of working with Nigeria’s major telecommunication company, Airtel Nigeria, Emeka Oparah, Vice President, Corporate Communications & CSR writes on his career fulfilling experience. I’m lacking in appropriate words, in English Language, that is, to describe the last 15 years, during which I have moved from working for Econet Wireless to Vodacom
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When many Nigerian are of the opinion that Nigerian hospitals are the worst places in the world to receive medical attention, some foreigners however are of different opinion. On Sunday, July 2, 2014, Isha Sesay, an anchor and Correspondent with CNN, who is of Sierra Leonean descent, drew the attention of Nigerians when she took
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When many Nigerian are of the opinion that Nigerian hospitals are the worst places in the world to receive medical attention, some foreigners however are of different opinion. On Sunday, July 2, 2014, Isha Sesay, an anchor and Correspondent with CNN, who is of Sierra Leonean descent, drew the attention of Nigerians when she took
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A story by a former winner of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award has brought about a change in the law in Kenya. As a result of her report, All Kenyan schoolgirls are now to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. Four years ago, Judy Kosgei won the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist award for
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A story by a former winner of the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award has brought about a change in the law in Kenya. As a result of her report, All Kenyan schoolgirls are now to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. Four years ago, Judy Kosgei won the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist award for
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In February, as I started my 10-week, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Back in the Newsroom Fellowship, I looked forward to immersing myself in journalism and all aspects of what USA Today did. As a senior entering my last semester at Morgan State University, I was honored to be selected for what was essentially a
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Award-winning journalist, Seun Akioye recently resumed work as the Senior Media Officer of Abuja-based Centre for Communication Programs Nigeria (CCPN), which is focused on communication in social and behavioural change for development in Nigeria. In a chat with Kelechi Amakoh of www.mediacareerng.org ,the former Assistant Editor, Investigations of The Nation speaks on why he left the newspaper, his new
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International award-winning journalist and publisher of the defunct NEXT Newspaper, Dele Olojede in a recent Podcast interview titled A conversation with Dele Olojede with Feyi Fawehinmi spoke extensively on his failed attempt to publish a national newspaper in Nigeria. Seventy five quotes from the interview by our Seye Joseph, MCS Special Contributor are reproduced below.
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