Training

female

Fellowship with female gentlemen of the press

Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship organised by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism supported by Free Press Unlimited. I spent last Monday to Saturday with 34 amazing, cerebral and professional female Nigerian journalists thanks to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, (WSCIJ).  20 of them are […]

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journalists

What traditional journalists should know about website publishing.

For those paying attention, there are lessons to learn from United State based journalist, Simon Ateba whose mode of online journalism practice is instructive in many ways. There are opportunities for willing journalists to excel despite the digital disruption of traditional media practice. First, you can launch your own website or blog and bring to

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Reporting

Report and Recommendations on Conflict Sensitive Reporting Online

Introduction The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, held two-day workshops for online journalists/blogger on conflict sensitive reporting online, ahead of the 2019 general elections. The workshops, which were supported by the European Union (EU) under  Component 4b: Support to the media of the EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) project, were held on Tuesday, September 18 and Wednesday September 19,

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Internet, journalists, covid 19

Fact-checking training for journalists

TRi Facts, Africa Check’s training unit has invited mid-career journalists to apply for a two-day Election fact-checking and verifications training workshop in Nigeria. The training is aimed at having fact-checking champions to help build in-house fact-checking capacity within media organisations to improve the quality of election reporting and fostering a wider culture of fact-checking. Scheduled

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journalists

Free #Rethinking Content training for 100 journalists

Staring from Saturday, August 18, training for 100 journalists to take a critical look at their content, impact on their audiences and communities and their future will commence in Lagos. Tagged #RethinkingContent – the training supported by Fidelity Bank PLC will have 25 selected journalists at the first training. Three other sessions will hold in

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agricultural

Need for effective reporting of agricultural policies

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Friday stressed the need for journalists in Benue to be trained on effective reporting of agricultural policies.   The institute’s communication Specialist, Mr Onyeche Douglas, made this known in a statement in Makurdi on Friday.   Douglas said that training was therefore being organised for journalists as

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infertility

Journalists trained on reporting infertility

The First Merck Health Media Training, organized by Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has been held in Nairobi, Kenya, The training was attended by over 200 journalists representing multimedia, print and online media from 17 African countries. According to Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck

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fellowship

Media fellowsihip for video journalists, cinematorgraphers

Blessing Oladunjoye The CcHub has called on video-journalists and cinematographer who believe in the power of stories disrupting the Media Industry to be part of its 3-months intensive media fellowship programme. According to the technology centre, the fellowship would provide opportunity to gain insight into indigenous media industry’s issues and participants stand to receive guidance

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grants

Grants for investigating cross-boarder illicit finance

Grants are available for African, Asian and European journalists under the Money Trail project to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse and corruption in the continents. Money Trail is a collaborative project between top  journalism and training organisations – Finance Uncovered, Free Press Unlimited, Journalismfund.eu – and Oxfam Novib.The project offers working grants for

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