Lekan Otufodunrin who recently ‘retired’ from The Nation Newspapers in a series of tweets writes of essential work conditions of services journalists must insist on having. Journalists who write about the rights of other workers should read the details of the conditions of service in their organizations and know what they are signing for. We […]
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Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube, Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher on the need to strengthen the continent’s financial media capacity. Our profession on the continent suffers from a public trust deficit which we must attend to without further delay. And this is because of a combination of reasons. I will deal with the two most important namely;
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Gender audit of major newspapers in Nigeria by Journalists for Christ (JFC) International Outreach in commemoration of the 2019 International Women’s Day confirms that only very few women occupy top editorial positions in the country. JFC calls for conscious efforts to redress the imbalance and give more women the opportunity to be involved in major
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Funmi Falobi, Lead/Editor of Social Development News in this special report to commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day writes on the need to have more women in the management of media houses in Nigeria. World over, the society has put the men in more advantageous positions over the women. The situation is even worse
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News used to be defined as a true report of an event. Not anymore with many false publications on various online platforms to mislead the public. Indiscriminate publication of fake news has become a major issue requiring urgent solutions. Rhoda Oluwatosin interviewed a cross-section of experienced journalists on what can be done to stop the
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Gilbert Alasa, a Media & Communications Professional writes on the need for Public Relations companies to begin to explore multiple valuation metrics to measure the effectiveness of PR campaigns. “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a deadline and, finally, the measurement of results” – Peter F. Drucker
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The Women Media Leaders’ Bootcamp organized by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) recently held in Kenya. The Bootcamp was attended by female journalists from across the continent. Rhoda Olorunfemi compiles tweets to note from the conference. @newspaperworld #womeninnews #IWMFAGL #mediamanagement #Kenya #mentoring #leadership @cgicherul1- I don’t believe in asking for advancement- it’s mine
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Mr Jika Attoh, Executive Director, West Africa Democracy Radio, Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday called on the Nigerian media to make it a policy to promote youth candidacy ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Attoh made the call at a training for journalists on “Mainstreaming Issues of Youth Candidacy and Youth Participation in the
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Being a keynote address delivered at the Nigeria Science Media Award at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos on the 23rd of October 2018 by Eugenia Abu, ace broadcaster and multimedia strategist I am absolutely delighted and deeply honored to have been invited to deliver the keynote at an event where the media and scientists gather together
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At the end of September, 2018, Kufre Ekanem, the cerebral Corporate Affairs Adviser of Nigeria Breweries Plc, left the post he had held for the last five years, to try his hand on his dream project, running a multi dimensional Consulting firm, with a mandate to cover Culture, Marketing and Public Relations. Given the state of
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