On February 16, 2024, a Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the Federal Government should investigate attacks against journalists, and prosecute and punish perpetrators of such attacks. The court also directed the government to take measures to prevent further attacks on journalists while ensuring that all journalists who are victims of attacks have access […]
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Our Correspondent, Aderoju Noah shares insights from an election coverage report and webinar on how journalists can improve coverage of elections. The answers to two pertinent questions I have been searching for several months easily presented themselves in my inbox last week. The two questions are: How did Nigeria media cover the 2023 general elections?
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Our correspondent, Noah Aderoju writes on the need for journalists and media organisations to ensure the security of audience data in their care. Virtually all news publishing websites of media houses now have an Opt-In tab for email newsletter subscriptions where interested readers who would like to get content subsequently in their emails exchange their
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Among the students who were admitted to study mass communication at the University of Lagos in 1985, that’s more 38 years ago is an elderly Colman Obasi. Everything about him indicated he was indeed, above the rest of us, as he was elderly: in carriage and mature with depth class contributions. He exuded maturity, experience
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Features Editor and Contributing Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Samson Folarin recalls how he joined the newspaper after contacting the Managing Editor, Mr Joseph Adeyeye 14 years ago. About 14 years ago, I received an unexpected invitation for a job application test at Punch Newspapers. I was a fresh graduate at the time. It was
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I found myself again turning to the radio in the car this morning. It just had to be a sports station. For peace of mind and sanity. Commentary around sports, as I have found on this station the few times I have listened, is relatively safe from the acrimony and toxicity that chokes the air
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Congratulations to all journalists and media professionals whose work anniversaries in their present place of employment or companies/organisations they own are this January. Hopefully, they knew it was their work anniversary and marked it in whatever way they could, even if it only made them know how long they had been on their present work.
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Last October, our organization, Media Career Development Network(MCDN), devoted to offering structured career development support and programmes for journalists and the media industry in Nigeria and beyond clocked five. Specifically, our aims and objectives at inception include the following: *To promote excellence in media practice in Nigeria *To organise media training and provide mentoring support
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A Review of Our Punch Years: Reminiscences of insider accounts by former editors and staff of Nigeria’s most widely newspaper at 50 By Tunde Akanni, PhD Introduction From the religiously philosophical to the scientifically analytical, straightforward narration and even poetic rendition, Our Punch Years has reaped reasonably from them all as they betray the workplace
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Chairman’s Speech: The Punch Legacy at ‘OUR PUNCH YEARS’ BOOK LAUNCH on Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at NECA House, Ikeja Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour to be here and a delight to see many familiar faces again. Today is not a speech-making day but a time to celebrate and reminisce about our journey
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