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journalists

Sponsored coverage of global events for journalists

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), a leading global media relations consultancy each year offers journalists the opportunity to attend major events as a part of its commitment to supporting journalism in Africa. Three previous recipients of the AfricaCom invitation were science journalist Aimable Twahirwa from Rwanda (https://bit.ly/2y42xAe), journalist John Churu from Botswana (https://bit.ly/2NVy4PP) and journalist Lilian Murugi […]

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What traditional journalists should know about website publishing.

For those paying attention, there are lessons to learn from United State based journalist, Simon Ateba whose mode of online journalism practice is instructive in many ways. There are opportunities for willing journalists to excel despite the digital disruption of traditional media practice. First, you can launch your own website or blog and bring to

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Reporting

Report and Recommendations on Conflict Sensitive Reporting Online

Introduction The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, held two-day workshops for online journalists/blogger on conflict sensitive reporting online, ahead of the 2019 general elections. The workshops, which were supported by the European Union (EU) under  Component 4b: Support to the media of the EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) project, were held on Tuesday, September 18 and Wednesday September 19,

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agricultural

Need for effective reporting of agricultural policies

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Friday stressed the need for journalists in Benue to be trained on effective reporting of agricultural policies.   The institute’s communication Specialist, Mr Onyeche Douglas, made this known in a statement in Makurdi on Friday.   Douglas said that training was therefore being organised for journalists as

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infertility

Journalists trained on reporting infertility

The First Merck Health Media Training, organized by Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has been held in Nairobi, Kenya, The training was attended by over 200 journalists representing multimedia, print and online media from 17 African countries. According to Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck

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MEDIA

Experts advice students on how to utilise media skills

By Blessing Oladunjoye Media experts have offered tips on how students can utilize and miximise communication skills to enhance their career. They spoke at the 9thedition of The Academic Summit organized by Students of Mass Communication Department at the University of Lagos. Among others, the speakers stressed the need for appropriate use of new media,

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