A graduate of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, (UDUS), Abdulrasheed Hammad who recently won the Journalists of the Year, Online category at the African Media Development Foundation Awards (AMDF) 2024 has advised aspiring journalists to be sincere and consistent in their editorial work. Reacting to winning the award in an interview, Hammad said spiring journalists should […]
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Students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) stole the spotlight at the 2024 Campus Journalism Awards (CJA), clinching multiple honours at the prestigious event. The ceremony, organised by Youth Digest, was held on December 7, 2024, at Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, celebrating excellence in campus journalism across Nigeria. A 500-level law student and President of the
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Entries for the 2023 Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism has been opened. This year marks the 49th edition of the annual awards, and for the first time in the history of the competition, journalists throughout Africa can submit their entries in any category. According to Sanlam Group Executive, Market Development and Sustainability,
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Veteran investigative journalist and serial journalism organisation founder, Dapo Olorunyomi will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 edition of the Amplify In-depth Media (AIM) Conference & Awards scheduled to be held on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 December 2023, at Abuja Continental Hotel (former Sheraton) in Abuja. According to a statement by the Executive Director of
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has announced the opening of submissions for the 18th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR). According to the press release by WSCIJ, Journalists in Nigeria are invited to submit their entries from October 4 to October 24, 2023, by 4 p.m. The award
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The Africa Centre for Development Journalism (ACDJ) is now receiving applications from qualified and eligible Nigerian journalists towards its Inequalities Reporting Fellowship aimed at building the capacity of journalists to report on different inequality themes at sub-national levels. According to the Centre, successful applicants will take part in the fellowship programme that commences with an intensive two-full days
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Philip Obaji, Correspondent of the Daily Beast is multiple global awards and fellowships-winning investigative journalist. He is the inaugural recipient of the Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowship awarded by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and one of the three finalists for the 2023 One World Media (OWM) International Journalist of the Year award. In this
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Sunday Awosoro of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) recently won ‘Best Budgetary Tracking and Procurement story award’ in the Alfred Opubor Next-Gen Award organized by the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and ‘Upcoming writer’ by Youth Digest Campus Journalism in December 2022. The development journalist and fact checker speaks with Peace Oladipo on
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As I continue to read the Facebook posts of a female journalist currently attending an international media exchange programme, I can tell she is having one of her very fulfilling professional and life experiences. Her posts speak volumes of the joy of the opportunity being a journalist has afforded her to be invited for the
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Two Nigerian journalists are on the shortlist of 37 best stories for the Fetisov Journalism Awards 2022 announced Monday. According to a statement by the award organisers, the best stories in the four categories were selected by the FJA Expert Council out of 350 entries from 81 countries. The shortlisted Nigerians are Alfred Olufemi of The
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