The 17th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference 2021, held October 21 – 22, 2021, in Abuja, has come and gone. But, the successes and impart recorded by the event still lingers in the minds of reporters, editors, media houses and concerned stakeholders across the globe. The conference with the theme: “Media in Times of Crises: Resolving Conflict, […]
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How many Managing Editors of major national newspapers in Nigeria who are women do you know? There is probably none for now, except Stella Iyaji of Daily Trust Newspaper, who is one of the very few women occupying top management positions in the print media sector in the country. Iyaji who marked her birthday on
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New executive and senior appointments have been announced by the board of directors of THISDAY Group for the newspaper and Arise News Channel. In the new appointments published by the newspaper on Tuesday, the Editor of the Sunday title, Shaka Momodu was named the Editor of THISDAY, Deputy Editor of THISDAY, Mr. Davidson Iriekpen, takes
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Barring disqualification by the Screening and Election Committee of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) for election into the national executive of the association, twenty-five members have been given initial clearance to contest for various positions. The Biennial Convention of the organization will hold in Kano from Sunday, 30th May to Tuesday, 2nd June 2021
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Good journalism does not simply inform, it provides information that has meaning for people’s lives and holds the powerful to account. At a time when trust in the media is declining around the world, it has become even more important to provide content that is ethical, independent, critical and of public interest. Providing such content
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By Oyinlola Awonuga Editors have been advised to rethink their roles from just assigning, reviewing, rewriting and processing of words to creating compelling, engaging and impactful contents, in line with the needs of their audiences. The call was contained in a communique issued at the end the 16th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) held on
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, will hold this year’s edition of its annual flagship conference, the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, ANEC, on Thursday, November 26, 2020. ANEC is usually a three-day event but this year’s edition will be VIRTUAL (Via Zoom) for one day. Themed: Media, People and Covid-19: How to Create Sustainability in
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The Standing Committee of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) at its recent meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State discussed the state of the Nigerian nation and the media and therefore, resolved as follows: Having examined recent unrest across the nation in the past few weeks, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) condemns the hijack
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the shooting and killing of unarmed protesters by security men in different parts of the country over the #ENDSARS protests. The Guild in a statement on Wednesday demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari should address the nation to calm frayed nerves. While noting that there is nothing wrong
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Commentary by Warren Fernandez, President, World Editors Forum on the twin pandemic to mark World News Day. 2020 Over 120 newsrooms from around the world will come together today to mark World News Day, including journalists from Toronto to Taipei, Spain to Singapore. This, however, is not an occasion for journalists to pat ourselves on the
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