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Initially registered as Media Career Service since 2003, we have been devoted to promoting excellence in media practice and providing resources to meet the challenges of media career through regular training, mentoring and coaching for all categories of journalists and other media professionals in Nigeria and elsewhere.
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Call for inclusive reforms at Penpushing Media Lecture
Former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Ishola has urged Nigerians to…
Let’s achieve more, grow stronger – ACJOAU President
The Association of Campus Journalists at Obafemi Awolowo University (ACJOAU) has inaugurated it’s newly elected…
Youth leaders should embody servant leadership -CCIJ Africa Editor
Student leaders have been advised to be intentional in their willingness to serve to make…
The hard truth about AI taking journalism jobs
AI is not waiting for Nigerian journalists to catch up. From fact-checking to translation and…
AI REAL TALK for journalists holds July 30
“AI REAL TALK: Enhancing Journalism Without Losing The Human Touch” is the topic of a…
CJID trains media scholars on AI for teaching, practice
Seventy Mass Communication lecturers from 56 universities across Nigeria have been trained by the Centre…
Young media professionals inspired at MIIA’s masterclass
Coordinator, Media Integrity Initiative Africa (MIIA) Training, Femi Akintunde-Johnson writes on the outcome of the…
Media opportunities: July – September, 2025
Find below media training and programmes you can apply for to enhance your career. Opportunities…
AI: Emerging new roles in mass media
Part of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on media practice is the creation of new…
Mayowa Tijani: From newsroom to researchroom
Long ago, it used to be that many journalists barely managed to have a diploma…
‘Journalism isn’t just about writing what you think or feel’
For those who think Journalism should be a free-for-all, where anyone can choose to write…
MCDN, US Consulate hold Journalism Clinic on media law and ethics
The Media Career Development Network (MCDN), in partnership with the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, has…
