‘Media careers in 2026 and beyond will belong to those who can adapt their skills without losing their values, who can carry journalistic thinking into spaces where clarity, trust, and meaning are needed most’ For many journalists, the newsroom is not just a workplace. It is an identity because it shapes how you think, […]
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EDITORIAL on the death of the Publisher and Managing Director, MARKETING EDGE, Mr John Ajayi. On December 10, the management of Nigeria’s authoritative brand and marketing magazine, MARKETING EDGE, announced the death of its Publisher and Managing Director, Mr John Ajayi at 62. According to the statement announcing his passing, Ajayi will be deeply missed
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Town and Gown Lecture series by Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Lekan Otufodunrin at Anchor University, Lagos. In 1984, while on holiday as a Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, I sought and got an internship placement at the defunct National Concord Newspapers. The first day I resumed my internship at the
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Pep Talk on Journalism in Age of AI by Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Lekan Otufodunrin at the 5th annual conference of Association of Christian Correspondents on Nigeria on November 21, 2025. At the recent annual conference of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) in Abuja, veteran media trainer and founder of Journalism
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Kofoworola Belo-Osagie is a researcher and consultant on nutrition and wellness writes on the need for journalists to contribute to ensuring more objective and trusted AI output In the past two years of researching nutrition and wellness, I have come to appreciate how much researchers and journalists have done to boost public knowledge of virtually
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The role of the media has always been clear: to hold power accountable, to enlighten the citizenry, and to ensure that truth remains the central currency of democracy. At our best, we are the conscience of the republic—the bridge between citizens and power, between knowledge and justice. Yet, every generation of journalists faces its defining
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Former interns at the Media Career Development Network (MCDN) have returned to share their success stories and inspire the current set of interns. Among them were Iretomiwa Balogun, a recent Mass Communication graduate from the University of Lagos and first runner-up at the recent Africa Factchecking Award, 2025 with her entry, ‘Exposing Social Media Claim
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Over the past few years, there has been a significant surge in the adoption of AI by Nigerian journalists. Like their colleagues in the Global South, they have moved from being unfamiliar with AI to full adoption of AI-assisted reporting within a very short period. A Thomson Reuters Foundation survey report, sampling over 200 journalists
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In this EDITORIAL, we noted that the new management must justify the confidence reposed in them by restoring the station’s pride of place through professionalism, creativity, and adherence to modern broadcasting standards. Undoubtedly, the new Director-General and Executive Directors appointed for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) are thoroughbred professionals in every respect. The Rotimi Pedro-led
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In this editorial, we note that the honorary fellowship for two distinguished journalists affirms that excellence in journalism is appreciated not only within newsrooms, but also in the intellectual and literary world The honorary fellowship of the Nigeria Academy of Letters (NAL) recently awarded to Saturday Editor, Tribune Newspaper, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, and former Sunday
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