Executive Director of the International Press Centre and former Features Editor of the defunct National Concord, Lanre Arogundade pays tributes to his former editor Mr Isikak Essien who clocks 70 recently. It was a near tussle. Tunji Bello, Former National Concord’s Political Editor and strong insider in Publisher Late Chief M.K.O Abiola’s presidential campaign had […]
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A former staff of an Abuja-based media organisation who prefers to remain anonymous shared this really unfortunate work experience. It’s a familiar story of the kind of abuses some media owners are perpetrating and need to stop. I joined a popular Abuja-based newspaper publishing company in 2008, shortly after graduating from the higher institution and
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With the increasing number of students seeking media internship, it’s time for media training institutions to come up with new approaches to maximising available opportunities. Here is a list of what we think they should be considering to ease the search for internship placements for students. *Get familiar with the present situation in media organisations.
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Dayo Emmanuel writes on discussions on media practice in the country at the launch of Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report 2020 Based on the content of the Nigeria Media Capacity Development Report 2020 by Media Career Development Network (MCDN) launched on February 5 Nigerian journalists cannot claim not to have various training opportunities and programmes
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DOWNLOAD COPY OF NIGERIA MEDIA CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020 Holding webinars, online meetings, virtual programmes were not part of the plans of media support organizations for 2020. The year however turned out to be a period of largely remote trainings and other virtual engagements due to the Coronavirus pandemic protocols that did not allow for
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Ruona J Meyer, 2019 Emmy Nominee is a multi-media journalist with 17 years’ experience in print, radio, wire agency and digital outlets across Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK. She was a pioneer staff of the BBC’s Pidgin service and has worked for Reuters South Africa, Financial Times of London, ThisDay and Next Newspapers
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Ashishana Justina, The Nation’s correspondent in Niger State in her #Journo-Inspiration series writes about a recent case of suicide due to depression and makes a case for journalists to pay attention to their mental health In journalism, oftentimes, we fight the battle of others but when it comes to issues affecting us, no one cares
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Former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief eSat TV, South Africa, Mapi Mhlangu, is a specialist in delivering compelling television news content and newsroom processes. In this online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, she speaks on her career, state of the media in Africa and other issues. In October last year, you shared this tweet, “The Mapi I’m
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Adesola Ikulajolu, freelance journalist writes on the need for Mass Communication students to respond to the wake-up call to be more passionate about their course of study and maximise opportunities for practice. While growing up, if you were in the Science department in secondary school, your choice of profession or future career is either
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on managing journalism career against the background of layoffs and other circumstances that may cost journalists their jobs. One of my favourite inspiring quotes is “when life kicks you, let it kick you forward” by Kay Yow, an American Basketball coach who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball
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