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Calling reporters for Open Contract Reporting Project

The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has invited application for its Open Contract Reporting Project OCRP, funded by MacArthur Foundation. The ICIR concluded the first phase of this project last December and is about to commence the second phase which aims to build the capacity of Nigerian journalists to investigate and report on budgetary […]

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journalists

Entrepreneurship: Key things female journalists, others should know

Oyinlola Awonuga reports on the training for female journalists and media entrepreneurs by Iluminate Nigeria Development Network.  A Masterclass session for female journalists and media entrepreneurs has been held in Lagos by Illuminate Nigeria Development Network (INDN) with participants equipped on how to be their own boss in their various media endeavours.  At the training

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Soyombo

Soyombo, Mordi win People Journalism Prize for Africa

By Oyinlola Awonuga Nigeria’s top investigative journalists, Fisayo Soyombo and Kiki Mordi have emerged winners of the inaugural Gatefield’s People Journalism Prize for Africa (PJPA) 2019. The prize is backed by a $3000 (N1,000,000) endowment from Gatefield, a Sub-Saharan Africa public strategy firm. In an announcement on Monday by Gatefield, the organisation said: “we could

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What traditional journalists should know about new media

Lekan Otufodunrin writes on the need for traditional journalists to master the use of new media to maximise available opportunities When I speak and write repeatedly about the need for traditionally trained journalists to become new media savvy, the feedback I sometimes get is that I’m over stressing the issue. After all, some say, we

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MCDN commends VON, calls for regular training of journalists

By Oyinlola Awonuga The Executive Director of Media Career Development Network ( MCDN) Mr Lekan Otufodunrin has urged media organisations in the country to ensure more regular training of their staff. Otufodunrin made the call on Wednesday during a courtesy call to the Lagos office of Voice of Nigeria (VON) following the creation of Training

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