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Journalists

Journalists trained on Finance, Gender-Based Sexual Violence

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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Full Report: Threats & Opportunities of Online Journalism

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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Training Report: Threats and Opportunities of Online Journalism

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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About Solutions Journalism Network’s Africa Initiative

The Solutions Journalism Network’s Africa Initiative advocates teaches, and supports evidence-based reporting of African solutions, on African soil. It works with newsroom editors, reporters, freelancers, and creatives across the continent to produce quality solutions journalism in place of the dominant, problem-focused narratives that do not reflect Africa’s reality. Where in Africa are responses to social

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Call for Natural Resources, Extractives, Climate Change Program (NAREP)

The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has called for applications for its Natural Resources, Extractives, and Climate Change Program (NAREP). According to the post announcing the call applicants must be: ✓ A Corp Member or a recent graduate. ✓ Interested in and passionate about climate change and the environment. The applicant must have

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photography

Top tips on launching career in sports photography

  Canon pros agree that it’s important to charter your own course in sports photography – whether that’s in your training or finding your own niche With the Summer of sports underway, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) Ambassadors Molly Darlington, Eddie Keogh (https://bit.ly/2VUhCEz) Martin Bissig (https://bit.ly/3yFgRgG) and Richard Walch (https://bit.ly/3yLCxaW) offer advice for aspiring, young sports photographers. Use youth and inexperience to your advantage As a

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journalists

‘Media organisations should have more women in leadership positions’

The 4th  edition of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP), organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ)  in Lagos on Monday with calls for more women in the leadership of media organisations in the country. Twenty-one female journalists from broadcast, print and digital media organizations are participating in the programme aimed at

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How to thrive in freelance journalism

President of Union of Campus Journalists, the University of Ilorin  (UNILORIN), Adedimeji Quayyim Abdul-Hafeez reports on insights from a freelance Journalism Workshop organized by award-winning journalist and storyteller, Ope Adetayo. I was extremely glad when I received the news of my selection for the Ope Adetayo Journalism workshop held at the University of Ilorin campus

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