The Media programmes scheduled to hold this week include training, call for entries, deadlines and others between Monday, November 9-Saturday, November 14, 2020. The programmes compiled by Oyinlola Awonuga are listed below with details.
MONDAY, November 9, 2020
Deadline for Labour Migration Media Programme
The deadline to apply for the free Labour Migration Media Programme is today.
It’s open to women journalists in Africa
Please click here to Apply: https://t.co/KIzvq135AK (https://twitter.com/DrYemisi/status/1325447233131737093?s=20)
Reporting On A Crisis: COVID-19 Journalism In Africa
How can we build a sustainable African media?
Join this exceptional line-up as they discuss threats to media including the erosion of trust & revenue streams – and solutions to these issues at @TRF’s human rights forum @trustconf.
Kindly click here to register: https://t.co/ArU7YpDTfq https://t.co/MZeefhgIVg
TUESDAY, November 10, 2020
ActionAid Nigeria Media Roundtable
Media Executives Roundtable on Youth Organizing and Leadership, & Launch of Research Report on Impact of COVID-19 on Media Operations in Nigeria
Time: 9.00 am prompt
Venue: Rock view Royale Hotels, Cad Zone, Plot 194, A8, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja
Venue: Rock view Royale Hotels, Cad Zone, Plot 194, A8, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja
Data Workflow From A-Z
A data visualization training with Jacopo Ottaviani, Code For Africa’s Chief Data Officer holds today
The webinar will showcase techniques for data visualization applied to journalism. The online session will cover the entire ‘data workflow:’ from data research to cleaning, visualization, storytelling and interpretation. Visualizations will include interactive charts and maps, made with tools like Datawrapper.
Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the trainer, Jacopo Ottaviani, Code For Africa’s Chief Data Officer.
Jacopo Ottaviani (Twitter, LinkedIn) is an award-winning computer scientist and data expert who works as Code for Africa’s Chief Data Officer (CDO)
Time:10am Eastern Time
Kindly click here to sign up: https://t.co/DCHMpTYZrs #CoveringCOVID https://t.co/lBgOjutFf0
WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2020
Sony World Photography Awards
Deadline for Sony World Photography Awards
Sony World Photography invites entries from photographers worldwide to submit their work into the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards hosted by @WorldPhotoOrg.
Winners will receive cash prizes, VIP tickets to the gala ceremony and more.
View post for deadline details 👉🏽 https://t.co/NwZHqYBJBL https://t.co/Fz0Zq9f54x
THURSDAY, November 12, 2020
PAN-AFRICAN SOCIAL MEDIA SUMMIT
The Pan-African Social Media Summit will hold the Fifth Edition Of ITs Annual Social Media Summit on Thursday, November 12 & Friday, November 13.
Time: 10 AM each day.
The online summit will discuss accountability, human rights, diplomacy, corporate development, governance, cybersecurity, youth development through social media.
Click here to register:
Investigating Sexual Abuse: Reporting Tips and Tools
Global Investigative Journalism Network will host a webinar that will focus on investigating cases of sexual abuse that take place in times of peace, rather than in conditions of war or mass conflict today.
The webinar as announced will not look at intimate partner violence or domestic abuse but will focus on how to investigate patterns of behaviour and institutional negligence or complicity.
Time:9AM Eastern Time
Click to sign up: https://t.co/5x3hJVDS9F https://t.co/MZDargAirJ
