Oluwatomisin Amokeoja Journalism training opportunity is available for Anglophone journalists based in sub-Saharan Africa willing to participate in a new online training initiative that will develop their ability to report on malaria. The training by Thomson Reuters Foundation is to equip journalists on techniques to employ while reporting stories to curb widespread misinformation and disinformation […]
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The African Women In Media has launched a new podcast series titled ‘Her Media Diary.’ The podcast series will be interviews with leading women in the media, including journalists, to authors, filmmakers and more. In the new episode, Emmy-nominated journalist Ruona Meyer, spoke on investigative journalism, how to pitch yourself and your stories, and making
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Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin reviews the recent award of relief funds for media organisations by Google and explains the selection process and other ways of getting support. If your media organization applied for the Google $5,000 Journalism Emergency Relief Fund for news organisations to support them to increase their capacity to cover the
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Various media programmes, including lectures, training, workshops and others by various organisations will hold this week July 13-17, 2020. The programmes are listed below with details. Monday, July 13th, 2020 Wole Soyinka Lecture/NITDA Digital Skills Training *The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism will hold the 12th edition of its annual media lecture series on
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Worried by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media industry, Media Rights Agenda and BONews Service recently held a Twitter Chat with the theme: Ensuring the Survival of Media in the Face of a Global Pandemic – The Role of Governments. Panellists during the chat included Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of Premium Times, Toun
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Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist writes on the importance of professional online engagements for media job seekers. I recently reposted an old, but still timely content on www.mediacareerng.org website titled 7 Professional ways to get your dream job. The article reiterated why Social media is supposed to be more for professional engagement than
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Quentin Aries writes on how various ways a French newspaper found ways of serving its readers during the pandemic lockdown. The Groundtruth Project April 2, 2020 BRUSSELS — This month was already shaping up to be an intense time for local news across France, with 47 million voters expected to go to the polls to choose
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Presentation by Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director, Media Career Development Network (MCDN) at the MEDIAGIG2020 organised by The Co-builders and MCDN on July 1, 2020 Last Friday, I joined a zoom meeting of my Class 1 Alumni classmates of the ALI Media Blomberg fellowship of 2015 with participants made up of top media managers from Nigeria,
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Media Career Development Network and The Cobuilders Academy are set to hold a series of virtual workshops designed to equip media professionals with the knowledge and skills for sustainable and profitable innovation in the media industry. Oyinlola Awonuga reports that the Theme for the virtual workshop is Deploying Technology for Impact and Profitability in the Nigerian
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Lekan Otufodunrin, career media development specialist reports on the virtual launch of the book How to Design Your Career Game Plan by Colleta Macharia in Nairobi, Kenya. Ever thought of GAME PLAN, which normally means a strategy for getting something done is an acronym for anything? I haven’t, but on Saturday, July 27, I and
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