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MEDIA PROGRAMMES THISWEEK (November 15 – 21, 2021)

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Details of media programmes ( Training, Conference, Awards, Workshops and others) in Nigeria and globally. MONDAY, November 15, 2021 *Deadline for Grant @henry_nxumalo & @AIJC_Conference are offering grants of 1,000 – $5,000 to journalists to investigate health & development issues in six African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda & South Africa. Apply by November […]

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Books on various media organisations and issues *Available for reading and lending UNEVEN STEPS: The story of the Nigerian Guild of Editors by Lanre Idowu ( 2019) The book discusses the role, achievements and failings of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in the quest for press freedom, professional respect, press responsibility and accountability. It is

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

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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

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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

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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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Film highlights plights of Nigerian journalists

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Kemi Adetiba, a highly revered Nigerian filmmaker, recently treated film enthusiasts around the world and Nollywood film lovers at large, to the release of King of Boys: The Return of the King, a limited series that follows King of Boys, Nollywood’s 2018 political crime thriller. The much-talked-about film tells the tale of Alhaja Eniola Salami,

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West Africa Solutions Journalism hub launched

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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

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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

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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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Journalism: How to know the risk to take – Soyombo

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At a recent programme by the United States Consulate in Lagos, acclaimed Investigative journalist and Founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Nigeria, ‘Fisayo Soyombo was asked what extent of risk is too much for a journalist to take in getting a story, however important. His first response was that the answer lies in

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