Media Career Development Network recently held a workshop on Maximising media fellowships and awards. Below are some of the tips offered by Media Career Development expert, Lekan Otufodunrin Apply for as many as possible, chances are that you may not be successful the first, second or third time. There are many applicants each time there […]
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Winners have emerged in the 28th edition of the Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) during the award ceremony held on Sunday in Lagos. Winners in different categories are as follows: Best Designed Newspaper Punch Newspapers (Winner) This Day Newspaper (First runner-up) Vanguard New paper (Second runner-up) Editorial Cartooning Bennet Omeke; The Punch – Power
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Journalist and Filmmaker, Shola Lawal has emerged winner of the Future Awards Prize for Journalism. The award is organized by The Future Project which is committed to building a network of young Africans working together to solve the continent’s biggest and most urgent issues. “ Whew! I have no words. Thank you @TFAAfrica and to
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By Oyinlola Awonuga The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has called for entries in twenty-two categories for its 2019 edition. The categories according to an announcement by the organizers include Agriculture Reporting, Anti-Corruption Reporting, Best Designed Newspaper, Business Reporting, Insurance Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Judicial Reporting and Lagos Reporting. Others are Nutritional Reporting, Sports Reporting,
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Entries have been invited for the 2019 PwC Media Excellence Awards which celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The competition is open to professional journalists on full-time employment or freelancers, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls within the categories covered by the award and that is available on
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Africa Check has invited entries for its African Fact-Checking Awards to honour journalism by Africa-based media in the growing field of fact-checking. This year’s categories according to a statement include: Fact-check of the year by a working journalist Fact-check of the year by a student One runner-up in each of the two categories above. Entries
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Two Nigerian non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) have been named among 15 “Global champions of free expression” shortlisted for the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards. In a statement issued in London on Tuesday, the United Kingdom-based campaigning organization, Index on Censorship, said the
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Winners have emerged for the 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards held in Accra, Ghana reports Blessing Olagundoye Out of eight available awards for journalists in West Africa, Ghana won four, Nigeria won three, while Burkina Faso had one. Manasseh Azure Awuni of Multimedia Group Limited, Ghana was adjudged the West Africa Journalist of the Year, as well as the
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Media professionals in Africa have been invited to apply for ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media recognition Awards 2018 sponsored by Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany. The applicants are to showcase their work to raise awareness about infertility prevention and make infertility and breaking infertility stigma in Africa. The awards according
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By Blessing Oladunjoye Africa Check has invited entries from journalists for the African-Fact-checking Awards 2018. Entries for the award must have been published or broadcast between 1 September 2017 and 15 August 2018 and should have exposed as misleading or wrong a claim on an important topic made by a public figure or institution in
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