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MEDIA PROGRAMMES THIS WEEK (November 8 – 14, 2021)

Details of media programmes ( Training, Conference, Awards, Workshops and others) in Nigeria and globally.  MONDAY, November 8, 2021 *Deadline for 2021, FATE SME Journalist Award https://bit.ly/FSMEJAwards *Investigative Journalism training on handling sources by Media Career Development Network Speaker: Taiwo Hassan Abiodun, Assistant Editor, Premium Times Time: 1-2pm Zoom   TUESDAY, November 9, 2021 *Mentorship […]

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Report: Digital media platforms making impact on low budgets amid threats

In spite of often tiny budgets and constant online threats and attacks, a new global report has revealed that Digital media entrepreneurs are producing ground-breaking journalism and achieving a significant impact on their societies, The Inflection Point International report, published Thursday, November 4, 2021 by SembraMedia, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurial journalists, in partnership with

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AFF, Access Bank to establish female-centric Digital Academy

In a bid to promote diversity in the African Tech Industry, the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) and Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative, have collaborated to establish a Female Digital Academy. The academy will educate over 500 women to become technology gurus over the next 3-5 years and prepare the next generation of technology professionals and provide

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West Africa Solutions Journalism hub launched

Reporters, trainers, broadcasters, and creatives across West Africa interested in solutions journalism now have a one-stop site to access news, resources, and career opportunities, thanks to a Fellowship awarded to Founder and Executive Director of Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Lekan Otufodunrin. Otufodunrin is one of the five Fellows selected from hundreds in Nigeria for

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Photojournalism: What the future portends for practitioners

Keynote address on Photojournalism: What the future portends for practitioners, by ‘Dayo Adedayo, Nigeria’s acclaimed documentary photographer and cultural anthropologist at the 2021 Photography Day organized by Lagos Chapter of the Photo Journalists Association   Why are we celebrating World Photography Day? World Photography Day is observed on August 19 every year. It is a

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Top tips on launching career in sports photography

  Canon pros agree that it’s important to charter your own course in sports photography – whether that’s in your training or finding your own niche With the Summer of sports underway, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) Ambassadors Molly Darlington, Eddie Keogh (https://bit.ly/2VUhCEz) Martin Bissig (https://bit.ly/3yFgRgG) and Richard Walch (https://bit.ly/3yLCxaW) offer advice for aspiring, young sports photographers. Use youth and inexperience to your advantage As a

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How to thrive in freelance journalism

President of Union of Campus Journalists, the University of Ilorin  (UNILORIN), Adedimeji Quayyim Abdul-Hafeez reports on insights from a freelance Journalism Workshop organized by award-winning journalist and storyteller, Ope Adetayo. I was extremely glad when I received the news of my selection for the Ope Adetayo Journalism workshop held at the University of Ilorin campus

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GMMP

Gender equity gap in news media worldwide may last for 67 years

All things remaining equal, it will take at least 67 more years to close the average gender equality gap in traditional news media worldwide. This was one of the key findings of the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), the largest research and advocacy initiative in the world on gender equality in news and journalism.

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