Following recent appointments at the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, the media house now has three female title editors. They are Raliat Ahmed-Yusuf, Daily Editor, Bukola Ogunsina, Sunday Editor and Victoria Omuya Usman, Friday Editor. Ahmed-Yusuf, a graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, joined the newspaper in 2006 as a Proof Reader and later served as […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on some of the thoughts shared at the Media Leaders Summit organised by Journalism Clinic held at TCC Resort and Conference Centre, Ogun State, September 16-17, 2019 I wasn’t at the first Media Leaders’ summit held by Journalism Clinic headed by Mr Taiwo Obe, but in my usual way of not missing
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Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Nigeria who has written for many international publications including African Arguments, International Journalists’ Network [IJNet], Global Investigative Journalism Network [GIJN], Ozy, BRIGHT Magazine, Scrap magazine, Ft’s This is Africa, National Catholic Reporter, Global Sisters Report, Catholic Herald and Jewish Women Archive. In this interview with Media Career
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What has journalism got to do with Artificial Intelligence? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the skills that will define the future of the media profession. In the heat of the arguments on the appointment of Seun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT as Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Budget and Planning, a journalist made a
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Climate Tracker is hiring 20 photographers for a documentary project. Successful candidates will cover environmental issues for up to two weeks between October 2019 and April 2020. Photographers from the following countries are eligible to apply: Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Djibouti, Chad, Mozambique, Sudan, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New
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Wale Fatade reviews media reporting in Nigeria and says “our journalism is bland and devoid of the humanity and empathy that can and might, galvanize citizens into action.” Two recent happenings reminded me of my pet theory of “humanizing” journalism practice in Nigeria. Pardon me if humanizing journalism sounds oxymoronic, after all, what is
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Application for the first instalment of The Future of Work Classes (TFWC) 1.0 tagged “Journalism AI, Storytelling and Content” is now open for media practitioners, storytellers and content creators. The training by Orodata Science and Civic Tech through its learning arm – Orodata Learn, is to address issues and concerns on the rapidly changing nature
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Lagos NUJ Chairman, Dr Qasim Akinreti pays tribute to Mr Fola Adeyemi who recently retired from the Lagos State Civil service. Effectively Monday, September 2, 2019, the curtains are drawn and files closed on a memorable and remarkable 35 years of public service at the Ministry of Information and Strategy for ‘Uncle Fola Adeyemi”. He came,
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Abdussalam Amoo, editor of educeleb.com writes on sources of data needed by journalists for investigative reports The inclusion of data visualisation in news reports is necessary to ensure a better understanding of reports by journalists. At the Hacks/Hackers meetup organised by Code for Africa on Saturday, 31st August 2019 in Lagos, participants were taken through sourcing data
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Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust Newspapers, has commenced the setting up of a national television station. The plan was contained in a statement by the Board of Directors of the company over the weekend announcing five new appointments in the editorial department. The former editor of the Daily Trust on Saturday Abdulkareem
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