Rafiqul Islam Montu, Coastal Journalism Specialist from Bangladesh is an accomplished award-winning journalist. In this interview with Media Career Development Network, he explains the concept of Coastal Journalism he initiated and its impact among other issues. What was your journalism background before commencing the Costal Journalism initiative? I am a coastal man. I was born […]
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How To Activate The Genius In You, by Daniel Adebayo highlights reasons why many graduates have not been able to use their acquired skills to enhance their personal lives. It also focuses on: How entrepreneurship education is key to personal and national development. The causes and cure for mass failures in school examinations and what
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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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A list of 25 Most Powerful Women in the media in Nigeria – particularly journalism has been released by organisers of the annual Women in Journalism Africa conference. The list which has Managing Director of ARISE TV Ijeoma Nwogwugwu as No 1, according to WiJAfrica, is based on four criteria: the size and effectiveness of
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Chika Mefor-Nwachukwu of Leadership Newspapers writes on the online course she participated in with the support of the Media Career Development Network on why journalists should prioritize their mental health as they go about reporting the Covid-19 pandemic. Everybody needs this knowledge, but the journalists and other frontline workers (especially health workers) need it all
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Ag. Deputy Director, Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Department, Voice of Nigeria makes a case for ethical journalism practise. In a 1000 word length article I penned and was published in a number of national dailies in 2018, I painted Journalism as an Art of a different genre, arguing that the ideal journalist is
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UNLOCKED is a compilation of incisive writings of accomplished journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin during the five weeks lockdown of Lagos and other parts of Nigeria due to the coronavirus crisis. Divided into three sections: Motivation, Interviews, Opinion/Analysis, the purpose of this E-book is to showcase what he was able to achieve
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Amidst the ravaging COVID-19 crisis across the globe, which has wrecked so much havoc and also affected physical gatherings, there have been renewed calls for more newsrooms collaboration at the 2020 collaborative journalism summit. The 2020 summit which was held virtually, had in attendance over 400 journalists, including two young Nigerian Journalists — Alao Abiodun
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In 2009, two students of the Lagos State Polytechnic on industrial attachment entered for the main category of the Young Journalist Award, not the one for students and they won. Below is the citation for Tosin Makinde and Nike Ashogbon (now Fagbemi ) joint winners of the Young Journalist of the Year Award 2009 organised
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The Lagos State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lamented the plight of its members who are being owed salaries by their employers. The Chairman of the Council, Dr Quasim Akinreti in a statement titled COVID-19 Pandemic: Where Are The Friends Of Lagos Journalists ? on Sunday, said some media owners have
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