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Tweets for thought from African Investigative Journalism Conference

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Speakers and participants at the just concluded African Investigative journalism conference in Johannesburg offered their thoughts on various issues concerning the practice of the profession. Some of the perspectives shared are as followed @AIJC_Conference As journalists, we need to rethink our paradigms of work. How relevant is the story we tell to our society? Is […]

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African Investigative Journalism Conference begins in Johannesburg

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The 2019 edition of the African Investigative Journalism Conference has opened in Johannesburg, South Africa with participants ad speakers from across the globe. The three-day conference is organised by the Journalism Programme of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg. The conference promises to offer the best of investigative stories and speakers, inspiration,

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Global/Nigeria: State of Technology in newsrooms

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Lekan Otufodunrin reviews the 2019 survey of the State of Technology in Global newsrooms against the situation in newsrooms in Nigeria.  The International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) last week released its 2019 survey of the State of Technology in Global Newsrooms. The report should be of interest to journalists and media organisations worldwide as it

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Olupohunda leaves Legit.ng, joins Opera as Editor-In-Chief

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Editor-in-Chief of Legit.ng, Bayo Olupohunda has resigned his appointment and taken up the same role at Opera News, Nigeria. Olupohunda, award-winning digital journalist and author announced his movement in a facebook post on Sunday evening. “ I want to thank my editorial team for working really hard to make legit number one most visited online

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Five Nigerian journalists win regional, continental awards

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Five Nigerian journalists over the weekend won major awards at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards 2019 and the Continental Journalism Award on AU Charter. At the event held in Accra, Ghana, Destiny Onyemihia of Voice of Nigeria emerged the overall winner for the AU Charter award. For the regional award, Cletus Umoh Ukpong of

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How to pitch for investigative reporting grants

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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on basic requirements for writing a pitch for investigative reporting grants Most media houses no longer fund investigative reports as much as they should. Investigative Desks no longer exist and where they do, the staff hardly get their requests for travel allowance to investigate any major issues approved. In some cases, managements

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Aboh: From Engineering to Data Visualization,Storytelling

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Blaise Aboh, graduate of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Technology tells his amazing story of becoming a citizen data scientist which involves exploring the impact of Automation and Artificial Intelligence in Data Analytics and Journalism. My story as an Engineer who became known for Data Visualization and Storytelling cannot be told without mentioning my later father,

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Call for investigative stories grant

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Oyinlola Awonuga Grants to support investigative stories on corruption in Nigeria are available for qualified and passionate investigative print, electronic and online journalists. The grants as part of the Upright4Nigeria campaign of the Strengthening Citizens’ Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C)   are from four sectors: Education, Health, Power, and Tax Administration in Akwa-Ibom, Borno, Enugu,

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