AFP is looking for an experienced and self-motivated and reporter in it Lagos bureau to specialize in fact-checking. According to a tweet by the organization “ The successful candidate will be AFP’s first fact check reporter in Nigeria.” “This post is part of a growing network of AFP journalists around the world fighting the spread […]
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TRi Facts, Africa Check’s training unit has invited mid-career journalists to apply for a two-day Election fact-checking and verifications training workshop in Nigeria. The training is aimed at having fact-checking champions to help build in-house fact-checking capacity within media organisations to improve the quality of election reporting and fostering a wider culture of fact-checking. Scheduled
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Seth Akintoye, Manager, Editorial Training and Language Control at Punch Nigeria Ltd writes on the exit of Akeem Lasisi from The Punch after fifteen years. Akeem Lasisi, another exponent of ideas, joins Ex-Punchers Club It was William Shakespeare who said in Julius Caesar: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood,
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited applications for the Female Journalists Leadership Fellowship (A leadership training and mentorship programme) Applicants should be female Nigerian professional journalists who have a passion for ethical journalism, are committed to excellent professional media practice, possess great ideas to lead dynamic improvements on the practice and
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Entries are now open for the third edition of the PwC’s Media Excellence Award for 2018. The Awards according to the organisers celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria. The competition is open to professional journalists on a full time employment or freelancers, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls
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The website of the African Women in Media (AWiM) was has been launched. Founder of the group Dr Yemisi Akinbobola announced the launch on Monday, August 10, 2018 ” Over the last couple of months I have been working with my team @flakey_phil and Bamidele Ogunleye to bring you the @africanwomeninthemedia website. This is just the
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The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has welcomed the release of a reporter of Premium Times Samuel Ogundipe on bail on Friday but demanded that all charges against him be dropped. Ogundipe was arrested by police on August 14 after the his newspaper, the Premium Times,
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Staring from Saturday, August 18, training for 100 journalists to take a critical look at their content, impact on their audiences and communities and their future will commence in Lagos. Tagged #RethinkingContent – the training supported by Fidelity Bank PLC will have 25 selected journalists at the first training. Three other sessions will hold in
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Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Kogi State Council, on Thursday, August 16, 2018, honoured Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, with Icon Of Journalism Award. The award presentation which was part of activities marking the 2018 NUJ Week was held at the Press Centre of the Union in
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A new news agency (www.AfricanDailyVoice.com/en) was on Monday launched by the African Daily Voice (ADV) Group. As a new entrant in the very competitive media market, ADV according to a statement plans to work with ten regional desks: Algiers (Algeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Douala (Cameroon), Kinshasa (DRC), Bangui (RCA), Johannesburg (South Africa), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia),
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