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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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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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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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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By Kenneth Affor Representatives from Facebook, Google and Premium Times on Monday at the Social Media Week Lagos spoke of how their companies identify and stop the spread of fake news within the digital space. Fake news is falsified content in the digital space. According to Adaora Ikenze, Head of Public Policy Facebook Nigeria “when
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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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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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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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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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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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