Features Editor and Contributing Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Samson Folarin recalls how he joined the newspaper after contacting the Managing Editor, Mr Joseph Adeyeye 14 years ago. About 14 years ago, I received an unexpected invitation for a job application test at Punch Newspapers. I was a fresh graduate at the time. It was […]
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I found myself again turning to the radio in the car this morning. It just had to be a sports station. For peace of mind and sanity. Commentary around sports, as I have found on this station the few times I have listened, is relatively safe from the acrimony and toxicity that chokes the air
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Congratulations to all journalists and media professionals whose work anniversaries in their present place of employment or companies/organisations they own are this January. Hopefully, they knew it was their work anniversary and marked it in whatever way they could, even if it only made them know how long they had been on their present work.
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Last October, our organization, Media Career Development Network(MCDN), devoted to offering structured career development support and programmes for journalists and the media industry in Nigeria and beyond clocked five. Specifically, our aims and objectives at inception include the following: *To promote excellence in media practice in Nigeria *To organise media training and provide mentoring support
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A Review of Our Punch Years: Reminiscences of insider accounts by former editors and staff of Nigeria’s most widely newspaper at 50 By Tunde Akanni, PhD Introduction From the religiously philosophical to the scientifically analytical, straightforward narration and even poetic rendition, Our Punch Years has reaped reasonably from them all as they betray the workplace
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Chairman’s Speech: The Punch Legacy at ‘OUR PUNCH YEARS’ BOOK LAUNCH on Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at NECA House, Ikeja Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour to be here and a delight to see many familiar faces again. Today is not a speech-making day but a time to celebrate and reminisce about our journey
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Welcome remarks of Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye, FNGE, former editor of The Punch, at the presentation of OUR PUNCH YEARS, a book by former staffers of The Punch at NECA House, on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. 50 years in the life of an organisation is not a small achievement. Therefore, for former members of staff of
OUR PUNCH YEARS: A REMARKABLE RE-UNION! Read More »
Is it true that Nigerian journalists are no longer writing investigative reports? Lekan Otufodunrin answers in his weekly column in The Nation Newspapers. I am always amused each time I hear many Nigerians, including those who should know better complain about the Nigeria media not producing investigative reports like in the past as in the
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The National Guild of Radio Managers (Private) has embraced LightRay! Media’s pioneering initiative, the “100 Women in Leadership Virtual Summit Policy” (#LightRay!100WiMLPolicy). The policy, introduced by LightRay! Media, according to the Convener of the Summit, Ejioro Umukoro stands as a beacon of progress, equity, and inclusivity in the realm of media. “It is thoughtfully designed
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Media Career Development specialist reflects on how to better utilize newsroom skills against the background of the changing media landscape. With the increasing downturn in the fortunes of media houses, especially legacy ones, the easiest way to meet operating costs is to reduce staff strength. Since the newspapers for example now produce fewer pages and
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