People

Journalists who have moved on to Law, Banking, Academic, Technology and more

Leave a Comment / People, Resources

What are the options open to journalists when their active newsroom days are over? There are various options based on what many journalists have moved on to doing after exiting from practicing journalism intentionally or due to various circumstances. The present varied non-journalism work of some former staff of The Punch Newspapers who shared stories […]

Journalists who have moved on to Law, Banking, Academic, Technology and more Read More »

Muhammed Akinyemi shown speaking with a backdrop of Nigeria Media INovation Program banner

‘More publishers, EICs, CEOs need to open themselves to learning’

Leave a Comment / Interviews, People, Resources

Muhammed Akinyemi, popularly known as PrincelyX, is a seasoned award-winning Nigerian journalist who has traversed different roles of journalism and newsroom product management. He has led innovative projects in different newsrooms and is presently Media Advisor with the Media Development Investment Fund’s (MDIF) NAMIP. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, he spoke about

‘More publishers, EICs, CEOs need to open themselves to learning’ Read More »

2 Nigerians selected for Newmark J-School Inaugural AI Journalism Lab

Leave a Comment / Awards & Fellowships, News, People

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,

2 Nigerians selected for Newmark J-School Inaugural AI Journalism Lab Read More »

Nike Popoola holding her Pan African Reinsurance journalism award plaque at the event

Popoola wins Pan-African insurance Journalism Award third time

Leave a Comment / Awards & Fellowships, News, People

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

Popoola wins Pan-African insurance Journalism Award third time Read More »

Mansir Muhammed, GIS/OSINT Specialist of HumAngle and 2024Sigma Award Winner,

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’

Leave a Comment / Interviews, People, Resources

Mansir Muhammed, a GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle was named among the winners of the 2024 Sigma Awards celebrating excellent data journalism projects globally for his report published alongside an extensive investigation by HumAngle in collaboration with New Lines Magazine. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, Muhammed spoke about his work as a technologist/journalist

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’ Read More »

Sankore

Rotimi Sankore: Accomplished journalist, media trainer dead

Leave a Comment / People

Rotimi Sankore, an accomplished Journalist, media trainer, development expert and human rights advocate is dead. A statement by his family signed by Deji Dosunmu confirmed that he died on Friday, April 12th  after a hard fight with cancer surrounded by loved ones. Sankore who until his death was Executive Director/Editor in Chief of the Africa

Rotimi Sankore: Accomplished journalist, media trainer dead Read More »

Pictures of Kemi Busari on the Left and Linda Ngari on the rigth, winners of the 2024 Micheal Elliot Award

Again, Nigerian Journalist wins African Storytelling award.

Leave a Comment / Awards & Fellowships, News, People

Editor of Dubawa, a Nigerian fact-checking and investigative journalism platform, Kemi Busari has won the 2024 edition of the Micheal Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, a year after another Nigerian journalist Kunle Adebajo of HumAngle won as a co-winner.  Busari is the fifth Nigerian journalist to have won the continental award given out

Again, Nigerian Journalist wins African Storytelling award. Read More »

Start typing and press enter to search