REDx, the media and creative training school of a top media company, RED | For Africa, has marked its first anniversary. With over 4,000 applicants, 200 graduates, and five training cohorts – two of which were virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic – REDx said in a statement that it has “made an unforgettable impact […]
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Media Career Development Network and The Cobuilders Academy are set to hold a series of virtual workshops designed to equip media professionals with the knowledge and skills for sustainable and profitable innovation in the media industry. Oyinlola Awonuga reports that the Theme for the virtual workshop is Deploying Technology for Impact and Profitability in the Nigerian
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By Dayo Emmanuel Telecoms is the best performing stock in Africa despite COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world. Former Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News, Matt Winkler disclosed this on Tuesday while facilitating a session with the Alumni of Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa (BMIA), a financial journalism training sponsored by former Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. During
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ADESOLA IKULAJOLU reports on a session by a business expert, Dr Dipo Awojide popularly known as Ogbeni Dipo on starting a small business. Having a business idea might seems easy. In fact, several people have ideas on how to own their own business, either small scale or large. But the problem is how to start,
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Justina Asishana writes on major points from the Online Media Conference by School of Media and Communications (SMC), Pan-Atlantic University. Media audience needs new concepts and innovations that will keep them abreast of what is happening globally as they are tired of the old way journalism is practised. This was one of the key assertions by Publisher
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Writer and Life Coach, Jewel Onyeneke reports on the review and tips for improved investigative reporting of COVID-19 during a recent webinar by the Global Investigative Journalists Network (GIJN) Following the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been various training to assess and improve on the reporting of the disease and impact globally. A webinar
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Juan Senor, President, Innovation Media Consulting Group at a Google Meet with media executives and managers in Nigeria organised by The Journalism Clinic shares insights and ideas on navigating the financial crisis facing media organisations worldwide. Lekan Otufodunrin was at the meeting. With the dire state of the media in Nigeria following the COVID-19
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Broadcaster and Life Coach, Jewel Onyeneke reports on insights shared by Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist at training on “Understanding and Perfecting Basic Media Entrepreneurship Trends and Skills” Worldwide, normal meetings and other social gatherings, including birthdays and weddings have been banned and confined to social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Zoom and
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ADESOLA IKULAJOLU, a student journalist writes on the major highlights of a recent training on media entrepreneurship by journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin. The media profession is not only a practice, but it’s also a means of livelihood for many. There is however the challenge of how well paying the profession is.
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Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi writes on what she learnt from a webinar by the International Centre for journalists and how she has been applying the lessons in her coverage of COVID-19 I never liked Virtual/webinar meetings but COVID-19 has left me with no choice but to adapt to the current trend. The outbreak of COVID-19 took journalists
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