The media programmes scheduled for this week include 15th Wole Soyinka Award, launch among others between Monday, December 6- Saturday, December 12, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details.
15TH Wole Soyinka Award For Investigative Reporting
MONDAY, December 7, 2020
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Day 1 of the three-day conference themed: ‘Masked Not Silenced,’ commences today.
Day 1 of the conference will discuss: ‘Policies, Pandemics and Protests: Tackling the forces that stifle media independence’
Speakers include Simon Kolawole, Founder and CEO of The Cable Newspaper, Tsema Ede-Okoye, Lawyer and Consultant Open Society Initiative For West Africa (OSIWA), Babajide Kolade Otitoju, Controller Current and Public Affairs TVC Communications and Naziru Mikailu Abubakar, Editor -in Chief Daily Trust.
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Click to sign up: https://t.co/HkZeptuQIr (https://twitter.com/WSoyinkaCentre/status/1335550720381227010?s=20)
TUESDAY, December 8, 2020
In-depth Media Conference
The Day 2 of the WSAIR titled in-depth Media Conference holds today.
It is a build-up to the 15th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting held annually. The theme – Masked not silenced has been carefully chosen to address the effects of COVID-19, the repression of freedom of expression and attacks on the news media in Nigeria and Africa. It also provides a platform for journalists, media professionals and other stakeholders to reflect on the state of the media profession, sustenance of ethics, investigative reporting and related issues in Nigeria, Africa and globally.
Time:1:00PM West Central Africa
Click here to sign up:https://t.co/F5BGQPr7UU
WEDNESDAY, December 9, 2020
Award Presentation Event of #WSAIR.
Eight journalists, Lade Bonuola, founding member and pioneer Associate Editor of The Guardian newspaper, and Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, will be honoured at the award presentation event of the 15th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting holding today,
Wednesday, 9 December 2020.
Venue: NECA House,Ikeja Lagos.
Time: 4pm to 6pm
Follow #WSAIR2020
Launch: Mapping Study Of Journalism Education and Training Centres In Sub-Saharan Africa
Wits Journalism & @fojo_int invite journalists to the launch of a new study that maps journalism education & training centres in sub-Saharan Africa.
This will also include a panel discussion on the current state of journalism education in the region
Sign up here https://t.co/2yQThBVBDGhttps://t.co/XMqe7DVZfK
2020 Media Roundtable and stakeholders forum on journalists’ safety and press freedom limitations in Nigeria
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria will hold a media roundtable to mark the year 2020 edition of the United Nation’s International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) for Crimes Against Journalists.
Time: 10.30am
Venue: R and A City Hotel, 2 Majekodunmi Street, by Oshopey Plaza, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.
