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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* Journalists deserve better conditions of service to perform maximally and be ethical in their practice. Last week, our Executive Director, Lekan Otufodunrin on various platforms shared five crucial questions on the conditions of service in media houses in the country which raised concerns about promotion and salary structure, non-remittance of deductions from workers’ salaries
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Chairman, Sobi FM Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kwara Council, Dare Akogun writes on the workplace challenges faced by media professionals. In the bustling world of journalism, those who fill our screens and newspapers with insightful views, breaking news, and challenging narratives often face a paradox of challenges that are seldom discussed. As they
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Assistant Director, Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Voice of Nigeria and Director, Media & Strategic Communications, Muslim Public Affairs Centre, MPAC Nigeria, Abdulwarees Solanke, FCIPDM writes on his ‘colourful’ upbringing by his father who was a painter. I am a painter’s son. From childhood, Baami imbued in me the love for paint and brush.
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Deputy Director and Head of Department of Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to two of his mentors in his media career. Mentors come as rainbow, in different colours, all appealing. Their roles in our lives remain the same. They give us direction. They bring out the best in
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Editorial: On August 30, 2023, the Former Sunday Editor of The Punch and Head of BBC, West Africa, Toyosi Ogunseye was announced as the new President & CEO of Presidential Precinct, a United States-based organisation that engages and inspires emerging leaders to address the most pressing challenges in their countries. Her appointment according to the
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Alimot Akinsanya, intern from Federal University, Oye Ekiti recalls her first day internship experience. Remember those times when you wake up having no idea what to expect from an event, especially when you will be meeting people for the first time? Tuesday morning was one of those. Excitement and nerves filled my being that
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Contrary to expectations, former Editor and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Dele Alake, who was recently appointed as Special Adviser on Communication, Strategy and Special Duties by President Bola Tinubu was not named as the Minister of Information in the newly constituted federal cabinet. While Alake was named the Minister of Solid Minerals Development,
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The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development ((CJID), in collaboration with Mental Health KAFE (MHKAFE) and the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), recently published a Mental Health Reporting Toolkit for Media Professionals in Nigeria. The Toolkit aims to reduce stigma and increase awareness by building the capacity of media professionals for effective, responsible and
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Deputy Director/Head Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Department, Voice of Nigeria, Abdulwarees Solanke writes on the need to maintain the sanctity of media based on ethical standards. In a 1000-word length article, I penned and published in a number of national dailies in 2018, I painted Journalism as an Art of a different genre,
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