Six hundred members of the Lagos Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) are to be trained by Google News Lab on new Data Skills for News titled “Fundamentals and Verification for News” The 4-hour training according to a press statement by the council, will commence on September 30, and run through October 14, October […]
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Veteran communicator and marketing executive who is now Correspondent of Bloomberg on Nigeria’s Cocoa industry, Tolani Awere at the Communication Masterclass by University of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Association (UMCAA) spoke of how to prepare for a career in specialised reporting. I am glad and grateful for the opportunity given to me by the Dean
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), with the support of the U.S. State Department Office of Africa Regional Services, is now recruiting African journalists for a series of trainings on Mobile Journalism. The Journalists according to a statement by the Information Specialist Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the US Consulate in Lagos, Temitayo Famutimi will
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A 14-point resolution and recommendation have been made to enhance the capacity of the media to promote democracy, peace and development in the country. Participants at the 8th conference of the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) in Port-Harcourt made the recommendations according to a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer
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The need to promote independent media that advances fundamental human rights has been the core value of Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ. This has made PTCIJ go to over twenty higher institutions in Nigeria over the years to train more than hundreds of campus journalists on Conflict and Investigative Reporting. The Center made
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In a bid to promote diversity in the African Tech Industry, the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) and Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative, have collaborated to establish a Female Digital Academy. The academy will educate over 500 women to become technology gurus over the next 3-5 years and prepare the next generation of technology professionals and provide
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Journalists at The Nation spent Thursday, September 2, 2021 learning about personal finance and sexual gender-based violence reporting. The training, held in the newsroom of the organisation, featured three speakers on financial literacy and sexual and gender-based violence reporting. The training was organised by The Nation, in collaboration with its head of the education desk, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, as her
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On August 20, 2021, the third mentorship programme of the Journalism and Development Seminars (JADESeminars) Initiative, was held at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN) Resource Centre, in Abuja. It was the second in the series to be sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES), Nigeria. The target of the training were journalists of five (5)
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On August 20, 2021, the third mentorship programme of the Journalism and Development Seminars (JADESeminars) Initiative, was held at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN) Resource Centre, in Abuja. It was the second in the series to be sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES), Nigeria. The target of the training were journalists of five
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The Media Mentors Journalism Center (MMJC) has commenced the 2021/2022 Media Mentoring programme. The programme which will run for eight months is the first by the Centre focused only on mentoring campus journalists and young journalists in Nigeria. Media Mentors Journalism Center is an arm of the Media Mentors Leadership Academy (MMLA), a national focused
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