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Merck Foundation launches Health Media Training on infertility in Africa

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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany will on July 10 launch its first Merck Health Media Training in Nairobi, Kenya. Merck Health Media Training Program is planned to follow the Merck more than a Mother Media Recognition Awards Ceremony which will hold on July 9 to recognize winners from Kenya and […]

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Call for data-journalism training on extractive industry

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Journalists knowledgeable about the extractive industry in Nigeria have been invited to apply for a two-day class on Data Journalism. Deadline for the application is June 10. Applicants are expected to send a sample of a short piece they have written on the extractive industry to hafsat@yourbudgit.com The training is supported by Natural Resource Governance

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Nigerian journalists win ICFJ/UN cash prizes for outstanding reports

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Four Nigerian journalists have been awarded prizes of 1,750 dollars  by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the United Nations Foundation for their outstanding coverage of conflict, flooding and desertification. Three of the journalists: Ochiaka Ugwu of People’s Daily Newspapers, Babatunde Okunlola from Royal FM and Kelechukwu Iruoma of Ripples Nigeria won $1,000, $500

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Journalists acquire fact-checking skills

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Eighteen mid-level journalists have been trained by Africa’s first non-partisan, non-profit fact-checking organisation, Africa Check, in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute Journalism, (NIJ). The two-day workshop sponsored by the United States Embassy in Nigeria which held in Lagos on February 22 and 23 February 2018 covered a range of master classes on research skills, data

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Media should enlighten the public on Blue Economy- NIMASA boss

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The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has urged the media to collaborate in enlightening the public on potential of the Blue Economy. Peterside made the plea at a one-day seminar organised for maritime journalists on Tuesday in Lagos. “Presently, the public lacks knowledge of the Blue Economy. The Blue

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