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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 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

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’

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

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

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

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