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Election coverage : Safety-Alert contacts for journalists

Ahead of the rescheduled general election, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has released contacts of Saftey Alert Officers for journalists under threat while performing their duties to contact in various zones of the country. The contact details of the team are as follows: Lanre Arogundade (Director, IPC) – 08023186845 Melody Akinjiyan (Safety Alert Officer, IPC)

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Safety, health tips for journalists covering elections

Journalists have been advised to wear relevant accreditation tags and stay safe while covering the general elections starting on Saturday. Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Mr. Lanre Arogundade gave the advice at the presentation of a report of newspaper monitoring of print and online newspapers of the 2019 electoral process carried out by

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public relations

How lack of evaluation is killing Public Relations

Gilbert Alasa, a Media & Communications Professional writes on the need for Public Relations companies to begin to explore multiple valuation metrics to measure the effectiveness of PR campaigns.   “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a deadline and, finally, the measurement of results” – Peter F. Drucker

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Workplace career-growth tips for female journalists

By Kenneth Affor Female journalists have been advised to belong to relational groups in their organizations to be more effective at work and ensure their career growth. The advice was offered by panellists at a  session at the Social Media Week Lagos which ended on February 8, 2019. Funke Treasure, Assistant Director for programmes, Radio Nigeria

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Tweets to note from #IWMF’s Women Media Bootcamp

The Women Media Leaders’ Bootcamp organized by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) recently held in Kenya. The Bootcamp was attended by female journalists from across the continent. Rhoda Olorunfemi compiles tweets to note from the conference. @newspaperworld #womeninnews #IWMFAGL #mediamanagement #Kenya #mentoring #leadership   @cgicherul1- I don’t believe in asking for advancement- it’s mine

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Survival of the Print Media in the Digital Age

Paper delivered by Mr. Victor Ifijeh, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, The Nation Newspaper at the 60th Birthday celebration of the Provost of Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Gbemiga Ogunleye. These are trying times for print journalists the world over. Our beloved industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Publications are gasping for breath. The future looks uncertain. We are

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science

The nexus between science and media: Gaps and opportunities

Being a keynote address delivered at the Nigeria Science Media Award at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos on the 23rd of October 2018 by Eugenia Abu, ace broadcaster and multimedia strategist  I am absolutely delighted and deeply honored to have been invited to deliver the keynote at an event where the media and scientists gather together

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How journalism can survive challenges of technology, social media

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, THE VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE OPENING OF THE 14TH ALL NIGERIA EDITORS’ CONFERENCE HELD IN ASABA, DELTA STATE ON 11TH OCTOBER 2018 “A guild is a society of gatekeepers; to you belongs the enormous task of defining the ethos, mores and ethics

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