Attention was again drawn to the need to drive impact through fact-based reporting in Nigerian newsrooms as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) held the second edition of its ‘Time-out with Journalists’ on Thursday, 29 August 2019 at the centre’s office in Ikeja, Lagos. ‘Time-out with Journalists’ is an off-work arrangement aimed at […]
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Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and keynote speaker at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, have faulted Nigeria’s democracy and called for rethink of it. Speaking at the lecture held in commemoration of the 85th birthday
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The need to include more women in governance in Nigeria, was raised by Amina Salihu, Senior Programme Officer, MacArthur Foundation, at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13 July 2019 at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Salihu, who was a panellist at the lecture lamented the non-inclusive state of political system
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Contrary to sentiments that expensive and sophisticated technology is required for elections, Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, has argued that there are affordable and very effective alternatives that can be deployed for elections in the country. He made this counter claim at the 11th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series, held on Saturday, 13
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The African Women in Media (AWiM) Conference & Festival 2019 held 25-27 July 2019 at the University of Nairobi, Towers Kenya. Climaxing the 3 days conference was the award ceremony held on 27th July at Hilton Hotel, Nairobi in recognition of outstanding female journalists. The late Hodan Nalayeh, founder of Cultural Integration Agency in Somalia
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(A training for journalists on migration risks/migrant smuggling in West Africa and to Europe) Application deadline: 18th August 2019 The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian professional investigative reporters (full-time or freelance) from the print, online and broadcast specialties to apply for a two-day masterclass on migration reporting in line with the
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Female Reporters’ Leadership Fellowship (A leadership training and mentorship programme) Tentative training dates: Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 July 2019 The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites applications from female Nigerian professional journalists (fulltime or freelancer) who have a passion for ethical journalism, are committed to excellent professional media practice, possess great ideas
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Experts have urged media managers to create an enabling environment for women in the newsroom. The call was made at the last leg of the house-to-house visit by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to select media houses in Lagos. The visit which took place as a chat on gender policy and practices
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The Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Motunrayo Alaka, has been selected for the prestigious John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University in California, United States. Mrs Alaka is one of seven fellows from Africa, Europe and South America selected into the 2019- 2020 class of the programme, starting September
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On the night of April 14, 2014, two hundred and seventy-six (276) female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an extremist terrorist organisation based in north-eastern Nigeria. Sunday, April 14th 2019 marks 5 years since
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Female journalists and media managers have been challenged to mainstream gender in the newsroom. The challenge came at the second leg of the house-to-house visit by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to some media houses in Abuja as part of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP). The visit which took
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Journalists and media managers at Voice of Nigeria (VON) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Lagos Operations, have been charged to ensure gender balance in their newsrooms. The charge was made at the house-to-house visit made by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to the media houses on Thursday, 4 April 2019.
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It was an evening of fun at the maiden ‘Time-out with Journalists’ held on Thursday, 28th March 2019 at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) office in Ikeja, Lagos, as journalists across media platforms cast spotlight on the ethics of the journalism profession. Adeolu Adekola, WSCIJ Senior Programme Officer, explained that the event
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism commends journalists and media houses that providedmedia coverage of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria which held on February 23, 2019. The media no doubt played a crucial role inexposing some salient challenges in the electoral processthereby fostering democratic norms in the society. Cases of electoral
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Nineteen female journalists were, on Tuesday, 5 February 2019, confirmed as fellows at the 2018 edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) awards ceremony organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism at L’eola Hotel, Maryland, Lagos. The fellows, who were selected from 199 applications received from nine countries of the
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Report Women Network, the alumni body of the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship programme has been inaugurated. The fourteen fellows produced in the 2017 edition of the initiative, faculty members and partners, on Friday, 5 October 2018, established the body. According to the 2017 Fellows, the Report Women Networkwould help sustain the
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Female reporters were equipped to take leadership roles in the newsroom, at the 2018 edition of the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) held from Monday, 1st October to Thursday, 4th October 2018 in Lagos. The twenty female journalists for 2018were painstakingly selected from one hundred and ninety-nine applications receivedfor the programmefrom nine countries,
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On Friday, 7 September 2018, female journalists with experience and interest in the Nigerian extractive sector met at Shoregate Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, at a dialogue session organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in partnership with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), to discuss how to give voice to women in the
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No fewer than eighteen photojournalists were trained on the art of visual storytelling at a workshop organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on the 25th and 26th September in Lagos.The two-day training, which initiated a six-week mentoring programme for the journalists, is an activity under the Regulatory Monitoring Programme (REMOP) implemented
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Speaking at the tenth Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series held in Lagos on Friday 13 July in commemoration of the 84th birthday of Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Ibrahim Gambari, former Minister for External Affairs and erstwhile United Nations Under-Secretary General has recommended good governance and finding common grounds for ending
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