Juliana Francis, Head of the Crime Desk at New Telegraph Newspapers who has covered the Police beat for about 18 years, was the lead discussant at a webinar organized by PlatformAfrica on the state of the Nigeria Police on Saturday. She offers insights on the rot in the Police Force over the years and suggests […]
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There are various dimensions to the #ENDSARS protest which the media should be focusing on. Lekan Otufodunrin suggests some possible story ideas for consideration. Peaceful protests The protests have been substantially peaceful except for a few incidents where some hoodlums attacked the protesters in some states resulting in some persons being wounded or killed. What
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Great insights and tips have been shared by speakers at the on-going African Investigative Journalism Conference. We bring you some of the top tweets on various aspects of investigative journalism Story writing “Be patient with your story. Take your time, check the story, go back and check the story again. To provide a reliable
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Against the background of criticism of coverage of the #ENDSARS protests by the traditional media, we asked a digital media expert to highlight the missing elements. Below is his verdict. 1.While some of the TV stations have had noteworthy interviews, most traditional media outfits simply have not used online tools and data journalism practices effectively.
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Despite the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) by the Inspector General of Police in response to the demand to #ENDSARS, the protest may continue for some days. There have however been allegations that the mainline media are not reporting the #ENDSARS protests across the country as much as they should. While this accusation may
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In his keynote address at the just concluded Investigative Reporters and Editors IRE20 Virtual conference, acclaimed American investigative journalist, Ronan Farrow among other thought-provoking statements said: “The only people who can save journalism are journalists.” Farrow is author of the best-selling “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators.” His 2019 book
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Commentary by Warren Fernandez, President, World Editors Forum on the twin pandemic to mark World News Day. 2020 Over 120 newsrooms from around the world will come together today to mark World News Day, including journalists from Toronto to Taipei, Spain to Singapore. This, however, is not an occasion for journalists to pat ourselves on the
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Damilare Famuyiwa, Content expert last Saturday held a media training on Thriving as a journalist in the world of new media. The former reporter with The Nation, Thenet.ng, Nairametrics, Pulse Nigeria and Max Mag shares the major highlights of his presentation during the training held on WhatsApp. We started the training by explaining
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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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