Kelechi Amakoh reviews Blind Spot: When Journalists Don’t Get Religion edited by Paul Marshall, Leila Gibert and Roberta Green Ahmanson Have you ever wondered how that favourite broadcaster delivers impeccable News at 10 programme on television? Or how do you see a columnist who never fails to spurt facts on issues of national importance with his […]
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Temitayo Ayetoto reports on the outcome of a media training to ensure humane media coverage of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. How well is the Nigerian media covering the oil and gas sector? Not good enough, especially regarding the effects of exploration on host community, based on the outcome of a one-month media
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A reliable source grants you an interview but denies speaking to you when your report is published. Kelechi Amakoh writes on the experiences of some journalists who found themselves in this embarrassing situation. Some say journalism is history compiled in a hurry, while others say journalism projects every side of the society that is able
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An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, on Monday urged the media to sensitise Nigerians to the dangers of using refrigerators, air conditioning units which emit ozone-depleting substances like chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. Aremu, the Director-General, Advocacy for Environmental and Sanitation Integrity, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
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FROM UN WOMEN Dear editors, reporters, anchors of news organizations and bloggers, I am writing to you with a personal invitation from UN Women, to join us in a rising wave of voices speaking out to end violence against women. As #metoo and its spin offs reverberate through social and other media, both women and
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Oluwaseyi Babarinde writes on five major tips for excelling in Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) examinations. The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) is the body, by law, responsible for the practice of public relations in Nigeria. Like every other professional body, the NIPR has the responsibility to set the standard of practice and
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A mobile and multimedia journalism training was recently organised for about 100 media practitioners in the country, Tolulope Lawani who participated in one of the four sessions of the programme, writes on six ways journalists can improve their stories on social media. The training tagged #AirtelChangeYourStory by a media training outfit, Journalism Clinic headed by
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How can the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and other media groups in the country be better administered to become successful professional and business brands and not continue to depend on political patronage? Editor-in-Chief of The Interview Magazine, Azubuike Ishiekwene in his keynote address at the 2017 Editors Conference held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
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In the last twenty years, many newspapers and magazines have stopped publishing for various reasons. Managing Director of The Interview Magazine, Azubuike Ishikwene in his keynote address at the recently held 2017 Editors conference listed 25 defunct newspapers and magazines. The publications are as follows – Diet – National Interest – Tempo – Fame – Financial Standard – Hints – Concord – Sketch
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Lecturers drawn from local and foreign universities, journalists, among others, on Wednesday evening in Lagos rose from a two-day conference listing values the media must embrace to perform its role as watchdog creditably. The conference, which featured paper presentations and reviews by discussants, had the theme “Watchdogs or Captured Media? A Study of the Role
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