Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist writes on the need for editors to be emotionally intelligent in running their newsrooms. A reporter once arrived late to the newsroom and when the editor demanded an explanation, he said his mother was sick and he had to see her before coming to work. The editor, trying hard […]
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Presentation by Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director, Media Career Development Network (MCDN) at the MEDIAGIG2020 organised by The Co-builders and MCDN on July 1, 2020 Last Friday, I joined a zoom meeting of my Class 1 Alumni classmates of the ALI Media Blomberg fellowship of 2015 with participants made up of top media managers from Nigeria,
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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists worldwide have been among frontline workers contributing to stemming the spread of the virus through reporting on various print, broadcasting and online platforms. In Africa, with over 250,000 cases, 6000 plus deaths and over 100,000 recoveries in 57 countries, journalists, despite various limitations have risen up to
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Live Video by Chairman of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Emmanuel Ogbeche Good evening colleagues, this is the Chairman of Council, Emmanuel Ogbeche. I have been compelled to make this live video today because it has become apparent that journalists, our colleagues, are coming down with COVID-19 in
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Chidi Matthew Nwachukwu writes on the improved use of communication tools due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The Covid-19 pandemic has unarguably proved to be a global catastrophe of unprecedented severity. Although there had been lots of fears, anxieties and entropy woven with the pandemic, the other side of the pandemic story is certainly
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Simbo Olorunfunmi pays tribute to the late renowned Radio show host, Dan Foster who “redefined the morning hours on radio and even the business model” I give myself away so you can use me I surrender all to you everything I give to you withholding nothing, withholding nothing I give myself away so you can
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the media has expectedly remained one of the major channels to reach the people, share accurate information, find out what people need to know and report about the impact on the society. This crucial role becomes more important considering that COVID19 is not only a pandemic, but the kind
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What role can the media play in curbing misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19? This was the question addressed during a recent tweet chat by CLEEN Foundation as part of its Public Safety and Security Tweet chat series. The panellists were Director of International Press Centre, Lagos, Lanre Arogundade, Lead Presenter/Producer BBC Media, Affi Bassey and
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To commemorate the 2020 Press Freedom Day, Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (@ptcij) held a tweet chat to highlight the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Media Industry. The panellists were CEO of Women Radio, Toun Okewale Sonaiya (@tounokewale) and Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) Dayo Aiyetan (@dayoaiyetan), Full
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To mark the 56th birthday of journalist and media career development specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin, a tweet chat was held on Media and Post COVID-19 realities. The chat moderated by Executive Director of CEEHOPE, Ms Betty Abbah had Editor-In-Chief of Opera News, Bayo Olupohunda, General Manager, MEGA 89.1FM, Ejiro Umukoro and Otufodunrin as speakers. Full text
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