Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the professional role journalists appointed as media aides should be allowed to perform in government. With the inauguration of the President and governors across the country, some journalists will soon be named as Special Advisers, Special Assistants (Media and Publicity) and Chief Press Secretaries. The media aide job is usually among the […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how experienced journalists can maximise expertise by getting paid or acknowledged for what they know. As a media career development specialist, one thing I can plead guilty of is that I pay attention (maybe too much) to spotting opportunities I think journalists and other professionals should learn how to take advantage
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Please make the best use of opportunities journalism offers you globally. This morning, I clicked through to a link Ruona J. Meyer shared on Facebook about the 2019 One World Media Award long list. She had written about how excited she was to read that Sweet Codeine, which she pitched, investigated, co-produced and presented for BBC made
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There are many things journalists can brag about, Lekan Otufodunrin says, high-stress work level should not be one of them. One of the most profound tweets I read from the just concluded International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy was: The culture in newsrooms is and should be changing. – “Care about your staff.” – “Listen
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets from the conference. What investigative journalists should focus on As an investigative journalist, it is better to get away from ideological
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets from the conference Arrogant business model Journalists need to be part of developing future funding models to be independent and
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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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