Fifty top media executives from Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Edo and Delta States are to participate in a two-day workshop on Good Corporate Governance in the media organised by the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE).
The workshop supported by the Lagos State Government will be declared open by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday at the De Rembrandt Hotel, Alausa, Ikeja
Participants at the workshop with the theme “Journalism and Digitalisation: The Imperative of Good Corporate Governance” include managing directors, publishers and editors of national media outlets, including print, broadcast and online.
According to a statement by NGE President, Mr. Mustapha Isah, and the General-Secretary, Mr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the workshop is aimed at exploring the impact of digitalisation on journalism and the media industry, and prescribing practicable responses to its disruptions.
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“Digitalisation has changed the face and the practice of journalism, eroding its space,” the NGE said, adding, “For the profession to thrive, it needs more efficient management models.”
A lecturer at the School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University Lagos, Dr. Pius Onobhayedo, will deliver the keynote address on the theme, while the former Managing Director of Guardian Press Limited, Mr. Emeka Izeze, would speak on the sub-theme: “Striking the Balance among Commercialism, Proprietary Right and Professionalism.”
The former Managing Director, The Sun Publishing Limited, Dr. Tony Onyima, and the former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of The Punch, Mr. Gbemiga Ogunleye, would deliver also papers on “Surviving the Digital Onslaught,” and “Journalism and the Law: Who Watches the Watchdog?”
