By Abdussalam Amoo Journalists have been urged to implement data visualisation to improve the quality of their stories. The facilitator of the monthly Hacks/Hackers Meetup for Journalists in Lagos, Mr John Eromosele gave the advice at the June meeting with the theme “Charting – Enrich your story”. Eromosele noted that telling a story using […]
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International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Background By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of
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Farm Radio International focused on improving rural African communities offers resources and training for radio broadcasters. What is Farm Radio International? Farm Radio International is a Canadian international non-governmental organization uniquely focused on improving rural African communities through the world’s most accessible communications tool: radio. We produce radio resources that support thousands of broadcasters
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Women In News (WIN) a WAN-IFRA’s media leadership programme, empowering media women throughout Africa, MENA and Southeast Asia held its summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, June 1, 2019. The summit was held alongside the World News Media Congress holding from June-1-3. Below are some major tweets on the contributions of participants. Women journalists
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What is the cost of enhancing your media career? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on what you may need to pay for and what he has paid for enhancing his skills. On May 24, 2019, I led a workshop on exploring media jobs potentials as part of the regular training sessions offered by the Media Career
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The National Assembly has released new guidelines for accreditation of media organisations, journalists and correspondents. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF MEDIA ORGANISATIONS, JOURNALISTS/ CORRESPONDENTS COVERING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1.0 Number of journalists/correspondents to be accredited for prints, electronic and online media for Senate and House of Representatives respectively. 1.1 Television –
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Being A Keynote Delivered at the Opening Ceremony of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors Held on May 4th 2019 at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos I am excited at this kind of invitation to deliver the keynote at the 2019 edition of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of
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In commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day #WorldBookDay we join in celebrating journalists who are also authors. From our Library, we bring you a list of books published by journalists. They are available for interested readers to borrow. Effective Media Relations For Churches And Pastors by Sunday Oguntola The Journalism of My
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Lekan Otufodunrin once shared the post below with colleagues on a Whatsapp group for Online Editors. The post is reproduced below for the benefit of other online editors and prospective ones on opportunities they need to know of. Dear colleagues, Forgive me if my advice in this post is elementary and you don’t need to
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Nigerian freelancer Linus Unah who studied mass communications at the University of Nigeria was last December named the Journalist of the month of the International Journalists Network. In an interview on the network’s website, he offered his advice for young journalists. The key is to keep knocking on doors and [to] never get tired. It’s
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