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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On May 20, the 3rd edition of the MTN Nigeria Communications Plc Media Innovation Programme in conjunction with the School of Media and Communications at Pan-Atlantic University commenced with 20 selected participants who will qualify as Fellows for the 2024 cohort on completion of the training. 20 participants, made up of media practitioners across all
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The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to dominate the talk when discussing new technologies in journalism, swallowing up other tech tools. Although rightfully earned, AI is not the only tool journalists need to be conversant with. There are data analytics and machine learning that take research, data gathering and processing and factual information presentation
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It was an amazing and insightful moment when the United States Agency for Global Media(USAGM) Training Network partnered with the award-winning Journalist- Lady Ejiro Umukoro on 2024 World Press Freedom Day to share insightful content from her newly approved book titled-Distortion. The conversation which was via a virtual session on Friday, May 3, 2024
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