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Award winners emerge as CJID holds conference, anniversary

Winners have emerged for the maiden edition of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development’s Excellence in Journalism Awards in West Africa. The winning journalists selected from those shortlisted from the entries were announced on November 27 at the closing dinner of the CJID’s Media and Development Conference in Abuja. Winners and runners-up were selected […]

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Media leaders inaugurate cooperative society sets vision for empowering members.

Implementing the resolutions of the recent Nigeria Media Leaders Summit convened by the founder of The Journalism Clinic, Taiwo Obe, media leaders on Friday inaugurated a media cooperative society. According to a statement released by the society, The Innovative Media Partners (Surulere) Cooperative Multipurpose Society was inaugurated by the  Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives,

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Report Women: A decade of excellent impact

As media veterans, experts, and students gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Report Women! An initiative of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), it was evident to everyone that the organisation’s toils, passion, and excellence over the years have yielded excellent results. The celebration was marked in grand style at the Metropolitan

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‘Student journalists, professionals must master digital skills’

Mastery of digital skills is necessary to help student journalists and other professionals meet up with the growing trends in their profession. The Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Professor Walter Ihejirika stated this at a training by Step-Up for Women In Journalism Initiative, (SWIJ), in partnership with

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MCDN marks World News Day, calls for fact-based journalism practice

In commemoration of World News Day co-organised by the World Editors Forum and the Canadian Journalism Foundation, Media Career Development Network (MCDN), Nigeria has joined news organisations, media associations, and individuals globally to highlight the importance of fact-based journalism. In a statement by its Executive Director, Lekan Otufodunrin, the network noted that contrary to the

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