By Lekan Otufodunrin 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 no matter how hard they try to cover up for their “unpardonable sin” of […]
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Olayinka Oyegbile, Deputy Editor, The Nation on Sunday writes on his recent re-union with his former boss at The Guardian, Alhaji Rasaq Adedigba who “painstakingly taught practical sub editing, a world away from whatever theories learnt in our various institutions.” More than a decade and a half ago that we both parted ways in The
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Are women journalists marginalised? This was the topic of discussion at a round-table discussion organised by Journalism Clinic, a media training organisation in Lagos. Lande ABUDU reports on the outcome of the programme. “Gentlemen of the press” was the title of a Broadway play in 1928. The following year, it was adapted into an all-talking
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Vice President of the Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) writes on the courtesy visit of the association to Presidential spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu. Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) sent a three-member delegation to pay a courtesy visit to the spokesmen of President Muhammdu Buhari. The delegation was led
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Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in this piece, pays tribute to his sister, Professor Foluke Ogunleye who recently died in a motor accident while on a visit to the country from Botswana where she is on sabbatical. It’s a day in British tradition dedicated to opening boxes of gifts received at
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By Sunday Osanyintuyi sundayosanyintuyi@gmail.com | @SundayOs As a trained journalist, I don’t take lightly issues around my first constituency, media. I handle media issues and industry related matters with great passion. It is so because our positions and thoughts have immense impacts on nation building. Among the first news items and opinions read yesterday was
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By Kelechi Amakoh Journalists in the country have been urged to use the newly released media code in for reporting elections issues. President of Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina made this call at a Media Tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, tagged: “Promoting media role and citizen participation in credible
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By Alimi Banire Many people have often asked me. “Hello Mr. Alimi Banire, what’s this profession of your called Public Relations all about?” Whilst I tend to feel bewildered and completely taken aback by a question of this magnitude, I don’t waste too much time in “Wonder land” before coming to terms as to what
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Dr. Anderson Uvie-Emegbo The 2014 edition of Social Media Week Lagos has started in style and expectedly, the fireworks have started flying. On Thursday, February 20, an interesting summit on “Functional Social Networking for Journalists”, hosted by the UBA Groups will hold at UBA House, Lagos. I will join some seasoned journalists to examine
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Resolve to be a better journalist Lekan Otufodunrin writes on how journalists can make the best of 2014 At the beginning of every New Year, it is fashionable to make New Year resolutions. Many really desire and resolve to do things differently in the New Year. Unfortunately, only few manage to achieve their goals. Before
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