If many journalists have their way, they would prefer not to have opted for a career in journalism, including those who are graduates of Mass Communication. They wish they had an opportunity in another industry sector rather than the media considering the perception that journalism is a poor-paying job with not much prospect of becoming […]
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The 2023 Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report, published by the Media Career Development Network is out. This report, according to the Executive Director of the MDCN, Lekan Otufodunrin, is created to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of media training in Nigeria. However, the 2023 report, the 4th edition, captured more as it
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
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“Command your stage” is a 272-page introspection, interrogation and examination of the art and science of public speaking and contextual presentation written by our dear author, broadcaster and speech presentation expert Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede. The book is packaged and delivered in twelve chapters of precise, descriptive, unambiguous free-flowing prose laced with intellectual sagacity and journalistic expertise so
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The most popular use of AI tools in content creation is text and image generation but this is not the only thing it can be used for. This is probably why many journalists are still apprehensive of its use. There are other functions that AI tools can offer journalists and especially newsrooms with a small
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A caller recently asked me what’s the difference between Journalism and Content Creation. The answer is in a recent lecture I delivered on bridging the gap between journalism and content creation. Below is an excerpt from the lecture and some additional thoughts. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, journalism is “… the collection, preparation, and distribution
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In our first Window of the World series highlighting what journalists and organisations beyond Nigeria are doing with lessons to learn from, we report on the award won by Food For Mzansi, a South Africa-based media platform. Food For Mzansi, a South Africa-based agricultural news publication has every reason to celebrate its global win during
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Two new AI fact-checking tools, Dubawa Chatbot and Dubawa Audio were launched by Dubawa the fact-checking arm of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) on Monday. The AI tools created to combat misinformation were launched and demoed by the head of Innovation at the CJID, Monsur Hussain, at the organisation’s Journalism, Digital Tech
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In continuation of our commitment to developing media careers in Nigeria, Media Career Development Network is pleased to announce the publication of the 2023 edition of our annual Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report. This is the fourth report since we started in 2021, documenting major trainings and capacity building programmes in the Nigeria media
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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
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