Paper by General Manager of Vanguard Newspaper, Gbenga Adefaye, titled FIGHTING OFF THE THROES OF DEATH… at the 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) at The International Conference Centre Sokoto: November 27 – December 1, 2019 For this assignment of setting the tone for Sokoto ANEC 2019, let me begin with what should really be the endnote. It is a quote from […]
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Paper Presented Gbemiga Ogunleye, FNGE, Provost, Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos at The 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) at The International Conference Centre Sokoto: November 27 – December 1, 2019 Let me begin by thanking the Planning Committee of ANEC 2019 for giving me the privilege of sharing my thoughts with my colleagues on
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Speakers and participants at the just concluded African Investigative journalism conference in Johannesburg offered their thoughts on various issues concerning the practice of the profession. Some of the perspectives shared are as followed @AIJC_Conference As journalists, we need to rethink our paradigms of work. How relevant is the story we tell to our society? Is
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Which websites are the most visited Nigerian based platforms? Below are the top-visited local websites in the country according to Alexa.com, one of the foremost global rating websites in order of Daily Time on Site, Daily Pageviews per Visitor, % of Traffic From Search and Total Sites Linking. The list was extracted from the website’s
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This time last year when I gave the required three-month notice of my resignation from The Nation, the idea of becoming a full-time Media Career Development Specialist appeared very hazy to many. My explanation about what I wanted to devote my time to doing did not sound convincing especially because of the uncertainty of how
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Lekan Otufodunrin reviews the 2019 survey of the State of Technology in Global newsrooms against the situation in newsrooms in Nigeria. The International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) last week released its 2019 survey of the State of Technology in Global Newsrooms. The report should be of interest to journalists and media organisations worldwide as it
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on basic requirements for writing a pitch for investigative reporting grants Most media houses no longer fund investigative reports as much as they should. Investigative Desks no longer exist and where they do, the staff hardly get their requests for travel allowance to investigate any major issues approved. In some cases, managements
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Contributing Editor, Tunde Abatan, writes on the mixed fortunes of journalists who have served as media aides in government at federal and state levels and what those aspiring to take similar jobs should expect. If a former editor of a national newspaper who prefers not to be named is asked for advice by any senior
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How can journalists and other media professionals in Nigeria benefit from the $6.3 journalism and media grant to nine media organisations and institution to advance anti-corruption efforts announced by The MacArthur Foundation on Wednesday? Instead of ignoring or just reading the story, below are a few things journalists can do to enhance their careers through
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By Lekan Otufodunrin Journalism teachers should stop telling their students that studying Mass Communication is equal to signing a pact with poverty. I just read My Dossier: A celebration of 20 years in Christian Journalism by Wole Olarinde, publisher of Christian Benefit Magazine in which he recalled what one of his lecturer at The Polytechnic,
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