By Lekan Otufodunrin I meet them regularly. They come looking for internship opportunities while in school or jobs when they graduate. “Do you read newspapers?” I usually ask whenever I decide to drill them. Their responses usually betrayed most of them no matter how hard they try to cover up for their “unpardonable sin” of […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on his experience with Mass Communication students who don’t know enough of the profession. I meet them regularly. They come looking for internship opportunities while in school or jobs when they graduate. “Do you read newspapers?” I usually ask whenever I decide to drill them. Their responses usually betrayed most of them
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Nigerian journalists have a chance to participate in Africa’s first data-driven investigative journalism initiative with $500,000 in grants and technical support for reportage that changes lives. The new impactAFRICA initiative which was launched last week will seek to support pioneering data journalism that tackles development issues, such as public healthcare, in six initial African countries:
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Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell milk, and organisers of the prestigious Promasidor Quill Media Awards has invited entries for the 2015/16 edition. Seven categories of the award which are available for interested journalists this year are as follows: 1. Best Report on Children and Nutrition 2. Best CSR & Industry Report of the Year
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Lekan Otufofodunrin writes on how journalists can maximise opportunities to participate in international media conferences even when they can’t be there physicially. Physically, I did not attend the 2015 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day celebration held in Latvia but I was part of the event in a number of ways. First, I was asked to
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Student journalists have been urged to read books about the country and travel widely to be better equipped to understand her complex diversity that often poses a challenge to some journalists. Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Martins Oloja, offered the advice at the Professional Forum of Students of Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos,
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By Godwin Simon. Davebrook Digital PR Services has unveiled Nigeria’s first online newsroom services, Davebrook PR- a digital platform designed to connect businesses in Nigeria with national and global publicity opportunity. According to the information made available on its official website, the organisation is committed to linking businesses in Nigeria to global professionals through online
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GOOGLE Nigeria has over the weekend encouraged the media experts in the country on the use of modern data tools for effective reportage, especially of the forthcoming February general elections in the country. Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone, West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, made the appeal at the Google Data Tools for Elections
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E-copy edition of Preparing for a Glorious Media Career: Handbook for Mass Communication Students. Read from here
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As part of her effort to reward excellence and creativity in journalism, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has called for application into the ninth edition of the award. In a statement that was signed by the Coordinator of Centre, Motunrayo Alaka has it that the award is opened for submission on Saturday