Nigerian freelancer Linus Unah who studied mass communications at the University of Nigeria was last December named the Journalist of the month of the International Journalists Network. In an interview on the network’s website, he offered his advice for young journalists. The key is to keep knocking on doors and [to] never get tired. It’s […]
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Lekan Otufodunrin, former Managing Editor at The Nation writes on how he hired some young graduates based on their skills and not their certificates An alert from LinkedIn recently reminded me that one of my former younger colleagues at The Nation Newspaper, Olowe Praise has clocked two years in the service of the organisation. How time
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Lekan Otufodunrin, media career development specialist shares his memorable experience as an intern in the defunct National Concord newspaper in this facebook post first published in July 2012 Compulsory internship was not a requirement for Mass Communication students in my days at the University of Lagos (1982-1985). I was, however, lucky to get a vacation
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Africana Entrepreneur, a digital storytelling platform has vacancies for Digital Content Editor and Content Developer. The platform is for aspiring entrepreneurs, founders of startups, owners of Small and Medium-scale Enterprises, personal finance experts, and financiers in Africa congregate to tell their stories. The Editor is expected to oversee the development and optimization of the blogsite with a
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Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the media career lessons of the selection of the Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Motunrayo Alaka as a fellow of the John S.Knight Journalism Fellowship Standford University for the class of 2020 On Wednesday, I wrote a post on Facebook about the need for journalists to
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There are many things journalists can brag about, Lekan Otufodunrin says, high-stress work level should not be one of them. One of the most profound tweets I read from the just concluded International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy was: The culture in newsrooms is and should be changing. – “Care about your staff.” – “Listen
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets from the conference. What investigative journalists should focus on As an investigative journalist, it is better to get away from ideological
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets from the conference Arrogant business model Journalists need to be part of developing future funding models to be independent and
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Who and what organisation is saying what, sharing ideas, experiences and resources at the ongoing International Journalism Festival #ijf19 | 13th edition | 3-7 April 2019 in Perugia, Italy. We bring you daily top tweets How to make people fall in love with journalism Want to make people fall in love with journalism
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The African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) seeks the services of a Communications Manager to strengthen its communications activities. The vacancy was announced in an advert in The Punch of Thursday, March 28, 2019 Responsibilities The Communications Manager shall be responsible for followings and many other responsibilities : Coordinating and managing the development
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