Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we just began the (2019/2020) academic session and it was my third year at the university. I cruised through life, attending lectures, spending time with my learning colleagues, and engaged actively in journalism activities on campus. Little did I know my fast-paced life would come to a halt in […]
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In her opening address at the 4th edition of the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP), last Monday in Lagos, the Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Mrs Motunrayo Alaka made a renewed call for more women in the leadership of media organisations in the country. She expressed concern about the low
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International development experts have called on the government to collaborate with youths to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Africa. The call was made at the Youth Sustainability Development Conference 2021 – Pan African Edition (YSDC) organized in partnership with Jet Escp, Panta Group, International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA), OXZY and Hofstede Insight
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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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