In 2024, Storyteller, Media Strategist and Product Management Enthusiast, Temitayo Akinyemi worked as a Media Advisor at the Media Development Investment Fund ( MDIF) ’s Nigeria Media Innovation Programme, (NAMIP), during which he worked with 26 newsrooms across Nigeria, organizing workshops and offering support to help them innovate and thrive. In a recent LinkedIn post, […]
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Winners have emerged for various award categories from the final shortlists of the 2024(19th) Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. There was however no overall Investigative Reporter of The Year winner as the award judges complained of the declining quality of investigative reports. Commended works, runners-up and some winners of the six categories of the
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A faith-based media group, Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach have unveiled their findings on the “Trends and Contexts of Misogyny and Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria” in a report presented on Thursday 5, December as part of concerted efforts to call for the end of gender-based violence. The public presentation of the report was
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The 2024 Mental Health in Journalism Summit organised by The Self-Investigation recently held online on October 8- 10 during which essential conversations on mental health of journalists globally were discussed. The Self- Investigation, a professional training and coaching body dedicated to sustaining journalism to enhance journalists’ well-being Our correspondent, Rhoda Olurunfemi who covered the various sessions at
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Should long years of experience be the major criterion for editorial leadership as canvassed by many veterans in the media industry? The immediate past Editor Daily of The PUNCH Newspaper, Dayo Oketola says an emphatic NO. Oketola spoke at his Exaugural lecture titled “Print Journalism in Peril: How Editors Are Battling the Challenges” and presented his book “The
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Media Training and scholarship opportunities Here are a few media training and scholarship opportunities for journalists to take advantage of this week. Media Career Development Network is always available to assist journalists who reach out for support in achieving their career goals wherever possible. Disinformation Summit (Virtual) Journalists, fact-checkers, researchers, students, activists and others
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Here are a few media fellowship and award opportunities with deadlines in September for journalists to take advantage of. Media Career Development Network is happy to assist journalists who reach out for support in achieving their career goals wherever possible. FELLOWSHIPS AIJC 2024 Fellowships. Deadline: September 10, 2024 Practising investigative journalists under 30 years in
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The Media Career Library Series offer a treasure trove of insights into media books and publications of journalists about Nigeria’s media landscape, experience, adventures, media practice and other topical books for intellectual engagement. In this edition of the series, we looked into the symbolic work of a Nigerian media leader, Richard Ikiebe. The “Nigerian Media
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Here are a few media opportunities journalists, photographers and content creators can apply for before August ends. Wharton School’s Business Journalism Seminars. Deadline: August 26, 2024 The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is organizing seminars for Business Journalists and there are funding opportunities to attend the event. The Wharton Seminars for business journalists aim to
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Journalists Covering Protests across the country need to take note of these trends and take necessary actions to mitigate them. It’s been days of covering and reporting the ongoing #EndBadGovernance Protest across Nigeria and courageous journalists have gone through great lengths to capture raw emotions and bring up-to-date information about the requests of the people in
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