As journalists and others pay tributes to Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu on his 6oth birthday, Steve Osuji wondered why he (Momodu) would make a practice of protecting and fellow-shipping with felons yet relish being held up as a great journalist and publisher. Who doesn’t know Dele Momodu, aka Bob Dee? In what light you might […]
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Media owners, managers and practitioners have been urged to become more digital in their operations in order to survive. They also need to be more creative, innovative and technology-driven according to the recommendations in a communique issued at the end of the National Media Virtual Roundtable jointly organised by ActionAid Nigeria and Journalists Against Poverty.
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Following the lockdown and restriction of movement to curb the spread of coronavirus, virtual meetings/webinars have become an alternative for physical meetings and training sessions. Kehinde Adegboyega offers tips on how to prepare to participate and maximize online sessions. Set up your calendar and reminder. It’s very easy to forget that you have a webinar
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The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), calls on Journalists as the watchdog of the society and the “fourth estate of the realm” to encourage freedom of speech as guaranteed by the Nigerian Constitution, the fundamental objectives contained in chapter II of the Constitution and uphold the responsibility of accountability of the
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Olubunmi Fagade Ekhator, Publisher of Afroline Magazine in Italy writes of her experience of working from home since March 5, 2020, due to the lockdown over Coronavirus The first time I heard about this virus was early January. A friend who works for the United Nations warned about a kind of virus ravaging in Wuhan,
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the role of media, storytellers and content producers in the campaign against the spread of COVID-19 Apart from medical professionals, if there is one other major group of professionals that should play a crucial role in curbing the pandemic we all have on our hands globally, it is media professionals, including
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Justina Asishana, Niger State correspondent for The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria participated in the How to Write for the Social Media webinar by Media Associate International (MAI) with Ernest Wamboye from Kenya as the speaker. Her report from the session is published below. “Writing for social media is not an option for any writer, it is
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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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