Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets How to make people fall in love with journalism Want to make people fall in love with journalism […]
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News and Numbers A guide to reporting statistics claims and controversies in health and other fields By Victor Cohn and Lewis Cope Number and statistics claims are involved in nearly everything that journalists report. Science and medical issues, politics, business, crime analysis, sports- all demands numbers. This book helps the reader answer three keys questions
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Lekan Otufodunrin who recently ‘retired’ from The Nation Newspapers in a series of tweets writes of essential work conditions of services journalists must insist on having. Journalists who write about the rights of other workers should read the details of the conditions of service in their organizations and know what they are signing for. We
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Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube, Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher on the need to strengthen the continent’s financial media capacity. Our profession on the continent suffers from a public trust deficit which we must attend to without further delay. And this is because of a combination of reasons. I will deal with the two most important namely;
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Journalists have been urged to build their emotional intelligence and social skills so as to perform their assignments effectively. The advice was given at the hangout held over the weekend by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, (PTCIJ) in Abuja on ‘Coping with Family and Social Psychological skills’ Steps to build emotional intelligence include the ability to
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BOOK OF THE WEEK WORK HAPPY: WHAT GREAT BOSSES KNOW BY JILL GEISLER What makes great bosses great? How do managers succeed at helping their employees do their best work and nurture workplace that is happy and thriving? In WORK HAPPY, management guru Jill Geisler answers these questions and provides a practical, step-by-step guide to achieving
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The National Roundtable on Business and Human Rights has called for applications from media personnel for training on “Business and Human Rights Reporting in Nigeria”. The training according to the call for application is aimed at facilitating increased and informed media coverage of the intricacies of business and human rights and in particular, the application
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The third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class was on Wednesday named by Google as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. According to a press release, the third class which starts April 1, 2019 involves 12 startups from six African countries – Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Of these
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An incoming executive director and a new eight-member board, made up of leading figures from across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal have been named for Africa Check, the continent’s leading independent fact-checking organisation. On 1 June, seven years after Africa’s first fact-checking organisation was set up, current deputy director Noko Makgato according to a press statement will
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(A digital Security Guide for Civil Society, journalists, Web Developers and Active) By Co-Creation Hub, OSIWA How do you stay safe in the age of hackers, internet fraudsters and ATM scammers? To answer this, Co-Creation Hub developed SafeOnline, a free digital security guide for civil society, journalists, web developers and active citizens. SafeOnline guide
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