Participants at a one-day visual storytelling immersion training for cartoonists and photojournalists organised virtually by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under its ‘Free to share’ initiative on Wednesday, 14th April 2021 have been charged to chronicle events around COVID-19 through visual storytelling and also to break free from event-based reporting of the […]
The ReportWomen! Network (ReWoN), the alumnae group of the Report Women! Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) fellows initiated by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), have commemorated the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 with a virtual training for female journalists. The event with the theme ‘Female Journalists. Get set! Go!’ held on Monday, 15th
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has hosted a two-day training, on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th March, to help reporters better investigate critical issues around COVID-19. This came as part of the centre’s response to adequately report the coronavirus pandemic and it’s effect under its Free to share initiative. The training came
The dearth of news reports about the issues of access and abuse as they affect girls and women in Nigeria was the reason the Report Women! project was initiated in 2014 by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). From then till date, we have challenged gender bias, societal stereotypes, inequality, and all that
Nigerian cartoonists and photojournalists with interest in visual storytelling on the intersection between COVID-19, access to information and misinformation, are invited to submit story pitches for consideration by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). The call is part of the WSCIJ’s ‘Free to share’ initiative which is geared at broadening the scope of
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After 110 years since the invention of the radio and 10 years after the proclamation of the World Radio Day (WRD) by the member states of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) identifies the crucial role radio has played and continues to play in investigative
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the 2021 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with the theme “No Time for Global Inaction: Unite, Fund and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation.” Every year, the world commemorates the international day of zero
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian journalists from all genres of the media with interest in investigating the intersection between COVID-19, access to information and misinformation, to submit story pitches for consideration. The call is part of the organisation’s ‘Free to share’ initiative which is geared at broadening the scope of
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The coronavirus, no doubt has left a devastating impact on our lives affecting every facet of our livelihood, with some counting their losses and some their gains. As the year 2021 gathers momentum, we reflect on the gains of five alumnae members of our ReportWomen! Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship Programme (FRLP) who thrived amidst the
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The year 2020 was tough, no doubts. Like other organisations, the doors of our office were shut for 5 months to curb the spread of the coronavirus. All the same, we intensified our efforts to serve humanity, promoting investigative reporting and supporting journalists, and invariably, their media houses, to do more nuanced reports on the
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in partnership with Free Press Unlimited (FPU) has commenced a pilot project under its Free to Share initiative, in Nigeria. The project was launched virtually on Friday, 4 December 2020, with the commissioning of reporters who will execute stories under a mentor-mentee arrangement. The ‘Free to share’
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The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has on Wednesday, 12 November 2020 commissioned ten additional journalists under its COVID-19 Reality Check project to do in-depth and investigative stories on COVID-19. This brings the number of reporters commissioned under the project to fifty. The COVID-19 Reality Check project which seeks to examine government interventions
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Media organisations on the African continent have been urged to collaborate for more impact. The charge came at a session on ‘Collaborative Journalism’ held Friday, 23 October 2020 at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC). Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) was joined
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Thirteen journalists have been trained to report the connection between gender and COVID-19 under the COVID-19 Reality Check project implemented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). The two-day virtual training held Tuesday 6 & Wednesday 7 October 2020. WSCIJ Executive Director/CEO, Motunrayo Alaka, said the training is the first under the COVID-19
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The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative, Motunrayo Alaka, and three other speakers at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference have proffered solutions to the challenges of investigative journalism on the African continent. The speakers made the call on Thursday 10 October 2020 during a session titled “Persevering under tough
As Nigeria commemorates 60 years of independence, we take a look back in media history, consider the current state of the media, and advance recommendations for virile media in Nigeria. Keeping the fact that the media is the fourth estate in the realm and an integral part of true democracy as a reference point, we
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Ahead of the International Day for Universal Access to Information on Monday, speakers at a webinar organised by the Free Press Unlimited have raised concern about access to information in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. The speakers – Motunrayo Alaka, Executive Director/CEO, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ); Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson, Information Regulator, South Africa; and Abel
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A former Editor-in-Chief of Daily Trust Newspaper, Mannir Dan-Ali, has condemned what he described as the ‘capture of the Nigerian media by public relations machineries’ of both the government and the big companies. He therefore called on the media to do more stories with available data. Dan-Ali, who currently serves on the board of the
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Application deadline: Sunday 30 August 2020 | 11:59pm (WAT) The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites Nigerian professional journalists (full-time or freelance) from the print, online, broadcast and photography specialties, and non-journalists with an interest in reporting impactful investigative stories, to submit their story pitches for consideration for funding as part of the
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Eighteen more reporters have been commissioned under the COVID-19 Reality Check Project designed and implemented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) to expand efforts in ensuring that the COVID-19 pandemic gets more reported by the media in Nigeria. This brings the number of reporters engaged on the project across media platforms to
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