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How to improve sexual education, empowerment for disabled women, girls 

Friday, December 3, 2021, was celebrated worldwide as International Day for Persons with Disabilities. To mark the day, Hope Inspired Foundation for Women and Youths, HIFWY, a non-governmental organization in Nigeria, with funding from Disability Rights Fund, organized a Media Roundtable in Lagos to discuss how best to improve sexuality education and empowerment for women […]

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MEDIA PROGRAMMES THISWEEK (December 6 – 11, 2021)

Details of media programmes ( Conference, Award, webinar, Dinner etc ) MONDAY, December 6, 2021 African Women in Media Conference 2021 #AWiM21 Opening Remarks Plenary Panel: Building Resilience Speakers: Sarah Macharia, Lina Attalah, Phathiswa Magopeni Mercy Frank Click here to register Sarah Macharia Lina Attalah Phathiswa Magopeni Mercy Frank Time: 9-10:30am CAT   Reporting Women-

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Tips for becoming a ‘super’ investigative journalist

Worldwide, journalists are trained to educate, inform and entertain members of the public. This means that basically, journalists owe their allegiances to society. As watchdogs of society, they hold the government and its agencies at various levels, accountable for their actions and inactions. But, there are journalists and there are journalists. Some journalists are contented

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How to manage sources in investigative reporting

Premium Times’ investigative journalist, Taiwo Adebayo has offered insights on how journalists should independently manage their sources. He spoke at a webinar organized by the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) on Monday, November 8, 2021, which covered determining the agenda of sources, their competence and avoiding single-source reporting. Adebayo, an Assistant Editor (Investigations)  stated that

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Campus journalists trained on solutions journalism, fact-checking, others

Thirty campus journalists and members of the Academia Campus Journalists, the supreme press club of Center for Degree Programs at the Federal College of Education (FCE), Abeokuta, Ogun State, in affiliation with the University of Ibadan have been trained on the emerging trends of journalism including solutions journalism and fact-checking. The maiden seven-day training with

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MEDIA PROGRAMMES THIS WEEK (November 8 – 14, 2021)

Details of media programmes ( Training, Conference, Awards, Workshops and others) in Nigeria and globally.  MONDAY, November 8, 2021 *Deadline for 2021, FATE SME Journalist Award https://bit.ly/FSMEJAwards *Investigative Journalism training on handling sources by Media Career Development Network Speaker: Taiwo Hassan Abiodun, Assistant Editor, Premium Times Time: 1-2pm Zoom   TUESDAY, November 9, 2021 *Mentorship

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Call for application: Investigative stories on the justice status of SGBV cases

Reported and Unresolved Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases are the focus of a new call for grant application by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) from  Nigerian professional journalists (full-time or freelance) from all media specialities. Applicants with a curious mind and interest in investigating the criminal justice status of Sexual and

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Education, Electricity reporting boosted by monitoring programme

Reporting of Education and electricity in the Nigeria media has been enhanced under the Regulators Monitoring Programme (REMOP) on electricity and basic education project implemented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Ninety-one investigative stories were published in the two beats – 35 on electricity and 56 on education. The stories on electricity

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Maximise skills acquired at Google training, Lagos NUJ Chair counsels journalists

Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Adeleye Ajayi has advised journalists to maximize skills acquired at the training provided by Google in Lagos. Welcoming participants to the second batch of the Google News Lab training organised by the NUJ and Google in Lagos, Ajayi said it is the

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