Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, Head of Education desk of The Nation Newspapers shares her first experience using Zoom. With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting opportunities for physical events, I realised that I had to rely more on technology to get my stories. I also realised that I couldn’t just limit myself to covering my beat – Education – […]
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Blaise Aboh, Lead Partner, Orodata Science(ODS) writes on the grim reality of the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. As of 8th April, the global Coronavirus cases according to Worldometer stand at 1,432,409, the number of deaths at 82,114, number of recoveries at 302,303. Active cases are 1,047,992, that is, patients that are currently infected. 95 per cent
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the advice for journalists on how much risk they should take in their bid to get the best stories Why should a journalist risk being killed in order to investigate or cover a story? Put in another way, is there any story worth dying for? This was one of the
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Abdulwarees Solanke, Ag. Deputy Director of Strategic Planning & Corporate Development Voice of Nigeria pays tribute to two of his mentors in his media career. Mentors come as rainbow, in different colours, all appealing. Their roles in our lives remain the same. They give us direction. They bring out the best in us. They lead us out of
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Review of 25 years of THISDAY Newspapers operation with an amazing success story and failed opportunities that could have made it a better paper. When THISDAY Newspaper made its debut in 1994 at the height of the agitation for the annulment of the June 12 election and the proscription of leading newspapers like The Punch,
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Founder of Orodata Science, Blaise Aboh writes on AI and Journalism, data visualization and other forms of augmented reporting with a call on newsrooms to come up with a long term strategy for use of the new tools. On August 21, 2019, I received a rare invitation from Michael Bloomberg to be a featured speaker and guest
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the need for traditional journalists to master the use of new media to maximise available opportunities When I speak and write repeatedly about the need for traditionally trained journalists to become new media savvy, the feedback I sometimes get is that I’m over stressing the issue. After all, some say, we
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Speech by Lekan Otufodunrin, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Lagos at the maiden NUJ South-West Zonal Lecture/award programme held in Ibadan, Oyo State on January 10, 2020. Theme: digital media and the 21st-century challenge. Roles of the media in ensuring virile democracy in Nigeria My very sincere appreciation to the organisers of this programme
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By Lekan Otufodunrin Like in every industry, getting a media job is becoming more difficult with few openings for too many applicants to compete for. If you must really get a media job in 2020 you have to brace up for the stiff competition for the limited spaces available. Below are my thoughts on what
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One sure way to achieve any goal in whatever endeavour is to clearly define it and know what is required to accomplish it. In 2020, our advice at Media Career Development Network in this piece by Executive Director, Lekan Otufodunrin, is that you decide what you want to achieve in your media career and stop
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