The World News Media Congress ends on June 3, 2019 in Glasglow, Scotland. We bring you some of the key thoughts shared by some of the speakers at the event from the tweets on #WNMC19. +”The biggest existential challenge that we face as publishers is not the platforms, but getting stuck with a single […]
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Women In News (WIN) a WAN-IFRA’s media leadership programme, empowering media women throughout Africa, MENA and Southeast Asia held its summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, June 1, 2019. The summit was held alongside the World News Media Congress holding from June-1-3. Below are some major tweets on the contributions of participants. Women journalists
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Head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) West Africa, Toyosi Ogunseye has been elected as the Vice President of the World Editors Forum. She was elected by the Forum’s Board in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday along with Warren Fernandez, Editor in Chief of The Straits Times, Singapore who emerged as President. World Editors Forum is
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What is the cost of enhancing your media career? Lekan Otufodunrin writes on what you may need to pay for and what he has paid for enhancing his skills. On May 24, 2019, I led a workshop on exploring media jobs potentials as part of the regular training sessions offered by the Media Career
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Alao Abiodun writes on the training for journalists on Business and Human Rights reporting On Tuesday, 21 May, Global Rights Nigeria, a human rights organization working to build grassroots movements that promote and protect the rights of marginalized populations ended a two-day training workshop on “Media Training on Business and Human Rights Reporting in Nigeria”.
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Don’t worry if you have not heard or known of the above-named school. There is no school officially so named, but it has produced some of the best journalists in this country. The former University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State does not have a department of Mass Communication nor offers
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Being A Keynote Delivered at the Opening Ceremony of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors Held on May 4th 2019 at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos I am excited at this kind of invitation to deliver the keynote at the 2019 edition of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of
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An accomplished media and communication executive, Aliu Moyosore Akoshile has been appointed as the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Times titles, published by Folio Communications Limited. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Board of Folio Media Group, the holding company for the conglomerate Akoshile’s appointment takes effect from 1 May 2019. The board
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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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In commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day #WorldBookDay we join in celebrating journalists who are also authors. From our Library, we bring you a list of books published by journalists. They are available for interested readers to borrow. Effective Media Relations For Churches And Pastors by Sunday Oguntola The Journalism of My
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