Keynote by Martins Oloja, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian, at the Nigerian Academy of Science 2021Media Award Dinner at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, June 18, 2021. I would like to thank the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) for the invitation to deliver this keynote on science journalism at this time. I have been […]
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One thing I like to pay attention to at media awards ceremonies is not only who the winners were, but the reasons they won. I pay attention to the verdict of the judges who assessed the entries and why they preferred the winning entries out of the whole lot they looked through. Some keywords usually
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Journalist and poet, Simbo Olorunfemi writes that the media has carried on as if above the law and has to learn to take responsibility Every time a media organ or practitioner is queried on the basis of the law, what we have come to see is for those who lay claim to the protection of
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Lekan Otufodunrin pays glowing tributes to the Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Motunrayo Alaka who clocked 40 on May 25, 2021 Some years ago, I applied to implement a media training project on the platform of Media Career Development Network, then known as Media Career Services. Unknown
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The desire to live beyond their means has become common for many youths. Consequently, they have found the Internet as a quick fix to undeserved wealth, making cybercrime one of the major vices demanding urgent attention. Rather than going the route of selfless service and hard work, some youths claim to be engaged in smart
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Bayo Olupohunda, Editor-in-Chief of Opera News in a Tweet thread reviews last Friday’s parade of Uduak Akpan arrested for the killing of a job seeker, Iniubong Umoren by the Akwa Ibom State command during which crime reporter asked the accused questions. 1/ The show of shame displayed by reporters during the parade of Uduak reveals
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To write for free or not?. Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director/ Editor of Media Career Development Network, shares his experience writing a national newspaper column for over two years for free and his benefits. Before voluntarily resigning from The Nation Newspaper as Managing Editor, Online and Special Publications in December 2018, I was writing a weekly
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Worried by the continued exploitation of broadcasters by media owners, broadcaster and media entrepreneur, Fola Folayan has called for the launch of a new union to protect their rights better conditions of service. In this interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, the Operations Director of BROADCAST RADIO MASTER CLASS offers more insights on the worrisome working conditions
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What is the level of press freedom in tertiary institutions in Nigeria? Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi and Abdulrasheed Hammad report on threats and other restrictions campus journalists are enduring. For over a decade, the Health Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akangba Akoko, Ondo State had existed in an unhealthy state on swampy land. Instead of getting
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The World Association of Newspaper Publishers in this message to mark the 2021 World Press Freedom Day makes a case for a viable, diverse, stable and safe media Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information ecosystem. How many media worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual
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