Support US to Support Journalists More than ever before, journalists need sustained training, coaching, mentoring and counseling many can’t pay for. At Media Career Development Network, www.mediacareerng.org we have a commitment to support journalists to accomplish their desired career accomplishments. We have a track record of support for all categories of journalists and we want […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Campus journalists have been sensitized to the need to pay attention to climate change and health issues in their reporting. They were offered insights on the two important issues at a recent webinar organized by the National Union of Campus Journalists tagged “NUCJ Capacity Building: Climate and Health Reporting Webinar”. The facilitators were Akintude Babatunde
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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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