In this profile on the Founder/Director of The Journalism Clinic, Mr Taiwo Obe, Media Career Development Specialist Lekan Otufodunrin, highlights the numerous contributions of a top media trainer to capacity development in Nigeria. He is not a medical personnel, but he runs a clinic. Unlike medical doctors who diagnose health issues that require treatment, […]
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Here are a few media training and development opportunities for journalists. It features online training, internship, scholarship and fellowship opportunities for journalists. CJID Next-Gen Internship Program. The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development is calling campus journalists and Mass Communication students to apply for the Next-Gen/Campus Reporter project. The Next Gen/Campus Reporter project of the
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Students of the National Broadcast Academy (NBA) in Ikeja, Lagos State, are grappling with uncertainty about their future in the media industry. While the six-week journalism programme offers theoretical knowledge, many students feel unprepared for life after graduation due to a lack of adequate practical training and industry exposure. NBA was founded in 1957 as
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Journalists should significantly enhance the documentation and visibility of their journalistic work with digital tools. Award-winning journalist, Justina Ashishana gave the advice at an insightful session during the January webinar of the Female Freelancers Network (FFN). The event, themed “Leveraging Digital Tools to Document Your Work,” attracted participants from Nigeria and the Diaspora, eager to
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Before 2023, Biliyaminu Manne had never heard of pro-freedom reporting. Six months into the Journalism for Liberty Fellowship, the young freelance journalist proudly identifies himself as a pro-freedom reporter. “Even my journalistic knowledge was not in-depth, but during and after the fellowship, I had a pleasant moment to learn about journalism and pro-freedom reporting,” Manne
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Media Career Development Specialist Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the increasing number of journalists obtaining doctorate degrees and the impact on their careers and the industry. The list of practising journalists with doctorate degrees keeps increasing by the year. Apart from those who have obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, some are about to
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Until about 2022, Solutions reporting as an approach to journalism although practiced by some, was not adopted by many journalists in Nigeria. Only a few journalists who participated in the LEDE Journalism fellowship or early adopters knew the proposition of the approach to reporting social issues. Many journalists misconceived it as hero-praising, public relations reporting which
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Media Training opportunities and resources for journalists this week. Here are a few media training and scholarship opportunities for journalists to take advantage of this week. Media Career Development Network is happy to assist journalists who reach out for support in achieving their career goals wherever possible. Media Training and scholarship opportunities CCIJ Data
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If there is one thing Sigma Award for Data Journalism winner, Mansir Muhammad would love to change in Nigerian newsrooms and journalism work in Nigeria, it is their ability to infuse data in their work. “I want to go to news reports and see data bridging the gap,” the GIS/OSINT specialist at HumAngle said in
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In a bid to empower female journalists across Africa and Francophone countries, the African Women in Journalism Project (AWJP) – a prestigious initiative recognizing and celebrating exceptional women in journalism – in collaboration with the International Centre for Journalism Foundation (ICJF) and LightRay! Media hosted a networking session featuring Lady Ejiro Umukoro as the guest
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