The 12th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series is set to hold as a webinar on Monday, 13 July 2020, from 10am to 12noon West Africa Time (WAT). The event which will be held virtually for the first time, will discuss the theme—Data, media and national development. Confirmed speakers are Oluwayemisi […]
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To expand efforts in ensuring that the COVID-19 pandemic gets more reported by the media in Nigeria by examining government interventions and promises in relation to the realities on the ground, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has commissioned a second set of reporters under its COVID-19 Reality Check Project. The project examines
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With journalists risking their lives to make information available to the public during the coronavirus pandemic, experts have agreed on the need for journalists to be ethical in reporting the humanitarian crisis. The experts—Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ); Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Centre for Collaborative Investigative
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The Executive Director of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Motunrayo Alaka alongside other media resource persons have called on journalists in the media sector to sustain media accountability by practicing journalism without fear or favour. The call was made at a virtual event organised by the Media for Community Change Initiative, a
The legwork of journalists has been greatly restricted this period when offices and businesses are on lockdown to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. The good news, however, is that today’s journalists work at the intersection of technology and media. This puts them in a better position to crowdsource localised information for their story,
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To contribute to efforts to ensure the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its impacts gets well reported, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has started the ‘COVID-19 Reality Check’ project. The COVID-19 Reality Check project will examine government interventions and promises in relation to the realities on ground in terms of social welfare, water and
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With the global impact of COVID-19, journalists have a duty to communicate clear and reliable information to the general public. Media organisations must now reinvent their work practices to accommodate the changing needs that journalists require to report effectively. These simple tips will assist media owners, managers and journalists in adequately reporting the pandemic. Safety
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Since the outbreak of the coronavirus late 2019, there have been all kinds of information about how deadly it can be, getting protection against it, its treatment and who is susceptible to it. Here, we examine two popular myths about the novel coronavirus. Myth #1: COVID-19 is an infection of the rich, air travellers This
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Gender inequality is a global phenomenon. It has also been established that inequality drives underdevelopment. The link is obvious in Nigeria across cultural, religious, political and economic lines. It is again complicated by cultural practices that further limit the female person from birth to death. As a harbinger of rights, the media has a moral
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 9th World Radio Day with the theme “Radio and Diversity”. Radio was birthed early in the 20th century and is the oldest broadcast medium with the widest audience in the world. It is currently taking up new technological
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Amid rising cases of media intimidation and human rights violation in the country, thirteen journalists; Amnesty International Nigeria, a global movement promoting human rights in Nigeria; and Sunmi Smart-Cole, veteran photojournalist, were honoured at the fourteenth Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting presentation event held at NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, 9th December
Another community of change makers have emerged at the award ceremony held to close out the 2019 Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship, an initiative of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) with support from Free Press Unlimited (FPU). The ceremony closes the six month fellowship which entailed a four-day training,
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), the pioneer organization focused on promoting investigative reporting in Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Motunrayo Alaka as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, effective from the inception of the current project year. The decision was confirmed after a board meeting held on September 19, 2019.
Osai Ojigho, human rights lawyer and Country Director, Amnesty International; Jiti Ogunye, human rights lawyer and Principal Counsel, Jiti Ogunye Chambers; as well as other distinguished guest on Thursday, 7 November 2019 called on Nigerians to collectively keep power in check. Ojigho and Ogunye made the call in Lagos alongside other panellists Yemi Adamolekun, Executive
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites entries from Nigerian professional journalists or team of journalists, full-time or part-time, for the 14th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The centre has introduced online application option for some categories of the award for this edition. The award, which is an annual
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) in Nigeria is greatly alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating press freedom situation in the country as occasioned by unrelenting attacks on Nigerian journalists and media institutions in a manner reminiscent of jungle justice. Especially worrisome to us is the cynical way and manner the judiciary has
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), alongside other media practitioners and Civil Society Organisations tasked Nigerians on creating safe places for women and girls during the ReportWomen! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Share-Fair and Tweet Conference held in Lagos on 10th and 11th September 2019. The programme opened on 10th September with the
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The Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka, has joined other journalists and media practitioners for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University in California, United States. Motunrayo Alaka was one of the seven fellows from Africa, Europe and South America named in April for the 2019- 2020
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Testimonials have emerged on the impact of the trainings and fellowship programmes of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. Annette Jeje, Amina Alhassan and Azeezat Olaoluwa have expressed how the REMOP programme and FRLP training provided the opportunity for a career plunge and promotion in their respective organisations. Anette Jeje, formerly News Correspondent with
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It was both an impactful and engaging session as 22 journalists were enlightened on the nuances of migration reporting at the Masterclass on Migration Reporting. The two days training was commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as part of a Media Engagement Programme on Migration Reporting implemented by the Wole
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