Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist counsels journalists thinking of quitting the profession. Years ago, some United States newspaper editors in a mock exercise were asked to counsel their reporters on the values of the profession and urge them not to quit. All of them, except one, gave one reason or the other […]
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Gilbert Alasa, award winning journalist and blogger writes on the death of the traditional media and the media of the future. Blogs. Digital media. Data. Apps. Proprietary platforms. Content marketing. SEO. These are just some of the jargons that most journalists just don’t want to hear these days. And the reasons are simple: they just
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Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist, paints a gloomy picture of the state of the media in Nigeria and suggests options open to traditional journalists to remain relevant in the industry. Have you ever been on board a plane and the pilot announced that passengers should prepare for crash-landing due to some circumstances
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Lekan Otufodunrin, journalist and media career development specialist, paints a gloomy picture of the state of the media in Nigeria and suggests options open to traditional journalists to remain relevant in the industry. Have you ever been on board a plane and the pilot announced that passengers should prepare for crash-landing due to some circumstances
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Emeka Opara, Director, Corporate Communications & CSR, Airtel Nigeria writes on crucial issues in PR practice in Nigeria, highlighting the challenges and opportunities. Two unrelated incidents conspired to compel me to eventually make this intervention, which I have been planning forever. One was a personal experience a professional colleague shared with me, recently-a story that
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari last week granted an interview to Daily Telegraph, UK. The exclusive chat conducted by the paper’s Chief Foreign Correspondent; Colin Freeman would later be controversial. Adediwura Aderibigbe, a Lagos based multimedia and public relations specialist writes on the controversy The online media was awashed with different claims, such that many Nigerians,
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari last week granted an interview to Daily Telegraph, UK. The exclusive chat conducted by the paper’s Chief Foreign Correspondent; Colin Freeman would later be controversial. Adediwura Aderibigbe, a Lagos based multimedia and public relations specialist writes on the controversy The online media was awashed with different claims, such that many Nigerians,
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By Lekan Otufodunrin Based on what their lecturer had told them about print journalism, students of a Polytechnic who recently visited The Nation Newspapers on a study tour were not expecting to see anything glamourous at the company’s office. The students had been told that print journalists are not well paid like those in Advertising,
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By Lekan Otufodunrin (@lotufodunrin) One disservice any professional can do to him or herself in the present age of globalization is to be contented with being a local or national champion. More than ever before, thanks to new technology, it is now easier to be an international player in one’s field of endeavour. Instead of
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on his experience with Mass Communication students who don’t know enough of the profession. I meet them regularly. They come looking for internship opportunities while in school or jobs when they graduate. “Do you read newspapers?” I usually ask whenever I decide to drill them. Their responses usually betrayed most of them
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