While assessing essays submitted for the recent 2nd Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists in Niger State, six of the twelve entries were disqualified because they were found to be 100 percent written with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiator of the award, Wakaso who is the Special Adviser, Print Media to the state governor […]
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First-prize entry for the Aisha Wakaso Award for Young Female Journalists on the theme of Paving the way for gender equality in media representation. The media is a mirror of society but what happens when the media paints an incomplete picture? This is where the issue of gender equality in media arises. Women have played
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“Command your stage” is a 272-page introspection, interrogation and examination of the art and science of public speaking and contextual presentation written by our dear author, broadcaster and speech presentation expert Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede. The book is packaged and delivered in twelve chapters of precise, descriptive, unambiguous free-flowing prose laced with intellectual sagacity and journalistic expertise so
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Dataphyte, a media research and data analytics organisation on June 5, 2024, launched its Innovation Hub and the Dapo Olorunyomi Theatre (DOT) in Abuja. The state-of-the-art theatre named after Olorunyomi, renowned journalist and founder of Premium Times and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) according to Dataphyte will be an arena for policy dialogue,
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News Editor and Career Mentor at BBC News, Omotola Adebanjo was right about most people spending more time at work than home in her recent post on LinkedIn. Her advice to “Find joy in your work” is however not something many can easily do depending on their perception of what work is about, especially the ones
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A brief overview of reports about artificial intelligence (AI) in Nigerian newspapers reveals a sense of optimism and highlights the numerous capabilities AI offers in solving various national issues. From the economy to agriculture, and security to education, headlines frequently emphasize how AI can address inherent problems or revolutionize entire sectors. Aside from expert
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Our Correspondent, Noah Aderoju writes on how journalists can check AI bias I once asked a journalist during a webinar if journalists need to be concerned about AI bias when using generative AI in their workflow. He answered that AI bias shouldn’t be a concern for journalists. His reason was that whether the generated content
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On 27th May, the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development facilitated a Journalism, Digital Technology, and AI dialogue that provided the opportunity for the needed conversation on the disruption by Artificial Intelligence in the media and digital communication space. The dialogue that attracted stakeholders from various sectors including Technology, Governance, Business, Media, and Civil Society
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Our Hashtag of the Week highlights tweets shared on X and Quotes from the World Association of Newspapers’ 75th congress held 27th – 29th in Denmark. “I encourage my fellow women in the media industry not to be discouraged no matter what they are going through, instead, fortify themselves and be their sisters’ keeper so they have the
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Excerpts from the keynote address by Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Lekan Otufodunrin at May Conference 2024 on Harnessing the gap between Journalism and Content Creation. For asking me to speak on harnessing the gap between journalism and content creation, the lead organiser of MAY Conference, Joan Yakubu should add Mind Reader to
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