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Mansir Muhammed, GIS/OSINT Specialist of HumAngle and 2024Sigma Award Winner,

‘Collaborative work in journalism brings out the most powerful reports’

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Mansir Muhammed, a GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle was named among the winners of the 2024 Sigma Awards celebrating excellent data journalism projects globally for his report published alongside an extensive investigation by HumAngle in collaboration with New Lines Magazine. In this interview with our correspondent, Noah Aderoju, Muhammed spoke about his work as a technologist/journalist […]

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Opportunities to learn AI in Journalism

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UPDATED! Artificial Intelligence has significantly affected journalism and research. Its use continuously blurs the line between truth and falsehoods as it also helps to enhance productivity in journalism when used ethically. The sustained increase in their innovation and sophistication has made the understanding and mastery of its use for journalists more important than ever. Our

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What makes a Wole Soyinka Award-winning report?

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The panel of judges of the prestigious Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting have offered more insights on the requirements for a winning entry for the competition. The panel consisting of seasoned journalists and media scholars at a recent Question & Answer session explained in more detail what they look out for when selecting winners

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two women in NIgeria Media. Stella Din-Jacob of TVC and Omotola-Aderinsola Adebanjo of BBC

‘How women in media can cope with career demands’

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In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2024, MCDN acknowledges the need for improvement in the representation and participation of women in the media industry. As recent numbers show, there is a substantial disparity in female representation in media leadership as opposed to their male counterparts.  Balancing the homefront and raising a family with long work

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What’s next for African media practitioners, innovators

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Media practitioners and innovators from the different sectors and genres of the media ecosystem this week gathered in the Nairobi National Museum Kenya for the Africa Media Festival 2024.   Hosting diverse media professionals from journalists to podcasters and content creators, to researchers, publishers and media product builders, Baraza Media Lab’s second edition of the

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‘How to have more women in newsrooms, news’

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Media organisations have again been urged to address gender disparities in newsrooms and news based on the findings of the ‘Who leads the newsroom and news?‘ report on parity between men and women in newsrooms and news in Nigeria by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Speakers at the public presentation on Thursday 15

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MCDN @ 5: Renewed commitment to media career development

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Last October, our organization, Media Career Development Network(MCDN), devoted to offering structured career development support and programmes for journalists and the media industry in Nigeria and beyond clocked five. Specifically, our  aims and objectives at inception include the following: *To promote excellence in media practice in Nigeria *To organise media training and provide mentoring support

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