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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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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To provide lasting solutions to the growing challenge of producing indigenous content for the global audience, students of University of Lagos (UNILAG) are set to hold the 9th edition of the annual media summit tagged “The Academic Summit (TAS) 9.0.” “Create. Glocalize” is the theme of the summit which has been scheduled to hold on
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Blessing Oladunjoye and Kemi Okunade report on the various issues discussed at the African Women in the Media Conference held July 21-22 in Ibadan, Oyo State. Get education wherever you can get it, Eugenia Abu urges women journalists Former Executive Director Programmes at the Nigerian Television Authority and Creative Director, Essential Communications, Eugenia Abu has
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The African Women in the Media Conference opened in Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday with various speakers offering tips on how women can be more visible in the media. The well-attended conference at the University of Ibadan conference hall organized by Dr Yemisi Akinbobola had top media professionals from the industry and academics who addressed
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A conversation between Tunde Oladunjoye and Mass Communication Students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State at the 2018 Press Week on Friday, May 25, 2018 on the role of the media in inculcating right values in youths PROTOCOLS I was on my way from Osogbo this morning to attend a Children’s Day programme
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Facebook has met with Lagos based Development Circle (DevC) leads for an afternoon of networking, connecting and sharing in the new NG_Hub space in Lagos. Lagos is home of the largest number of Developer Circle members across Africa, with over 8,800 members. The developer community has played a large role in Facebook’s success to date and
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Individuals and institutions interested in presenting findings from media audience research activities and/or relevant case studies have been invited to participate in the 19th PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference. PAMRO’s contact email for the conference is pamro.africa@gmail.com The conference is scheduled to hold from 26 – 28 August 2018 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The
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Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist writes on what it takes to be a journalist in the new media age. A day ahead of 2018 International Women’s Day celebration, (IWD) I asked a young female journalist what her plans were for the day. Surprised by the question which she never expected, she responded that she was
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A day ahead of last Thursday’s International Women’s Day celebration, (IWD) asked a young female journalist what her plans were for the day. Surprised by the question which she never expected, she responded that she was likely to be assigned to cover any of the events planned to mark the day by some organizations. “As
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