In a Tweet thread, Gilbert Alasa based on insights from Future Tense- Travails of NEXT and Nigerian Journalism in the Digital Age outlines reasons for the failure of the audacious defunct newspaper NEXT by Pulitzer-winning writer Dele Olojede and what present media organisations must do to avoid making similar mistakes. #Thread + In 2009, Pulitzer-winning writer […]
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Journalist and Media Career Development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how to re-purpose social media posts for book publication. When Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL Magazine, Azuh Arinze wrote a Facebook post on how he met and fell in love with his wife, Edith, to mark their 14th marriage anniversary, it was just as he puts one of those
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Nigerian digital influencer, Mr. David Imoh, popularly known as Davvyd Moore, has encouraged youths to leverage social media for the success of their career and business. Imoh, a Microbiology student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), in an interview with the Director, Efico Resources, Mr. David Adefunmilayo, urged the youth to go through the rigour
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In a recent Facebook post, the Publisher of Todaysnewsafrica.com, Simon Ateba complained about online publishers who plagiarize his website’s contents without due credit or permission. According to Ateba, there is nothing wrong in quoting an article, a publication or an author, but “when you republish an entire article and give yourself a by-line as if
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” For the media to be trusted as the source of reliable information by the public, ethics of the profession must be strictly adhered to by certified journalists.” At a webinar on “Gaining Trust for the Media in the #FakeNews Era” last Friday, an accomplished journalist and Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday
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Journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin, writes on the facts journalists should be told about their media houses to guide their career goals and aspirations At an international newsroom Leadership in tough times training I am participating in, the Editor-In-Chief of a top United States newspaper was asked how to assure staff of
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Chief David Femi Fani-Kayode burst into national consciousness in 1990 when as a member of the then National Republican Convention (NRC), he was appointed as the Chief Press Secretary to the former Chairman of the Party, Chief Tom Omoegbe Ikimi. He later became the Special Assistant to one of the party’s big wigs, Alhaji
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Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Special Correspondent of Alltimepost.com reviews the controversy over the recent outburst of the former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode at a press conference where he verbally assaulted the Daily Trust journalist. By the time you read this, my guess is that the FFK gaff would have simmered and we would have moved on. When
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Oluwatomisin Amokeoja reviews media stakeholders response to the recent verbal assault by former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode on Daily Trust reporter at a press conference in Calabar, Cross Rivers state. The event that played out in Calabar a week ago was not only an eyesore to many media stakeholders at home and abroad but also
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Alade Abiodun recently clocked four as Online Editor of Daily Trust. In this Online interview with Lekan Otufodunrin, Abiodun recalls how he got the job, his experience and thoughts on maximising online publishing by media organisations and individual journalists. Congratulations on your fourth job anniversary at Daily Trust. Can you recall how you got
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