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Sports journalism is a very popular branch of the pen profession in Nigeria. This is basically because of the love for sports in the country especially the game of football. So you find famous sports journalists in Nigeria having so much to do with coverage of football. Here is a …

This is a list painstakingly drawn after a group of western journalists voted in a survey to select women who have made their mark in the profession over a period of 100 years. The list definitely contains faces or names you know even if just one or two. But don’t …

The craze for traffic and expansion of audience base leads media establishments to desire exclusives. But the danger in such reports is that the media house could also be embarrassed exclusively. The case of three senior CNN journalists who were forced to resign in June 2017 brings to the fore …

  Studying Film and Theater provides you with skills to excel in the world of creativity. While other courses may be seen as more sought-after and lucrative than Film and Theater, there are reasons why studying this creative combined discipline is a good option. This is an interesting piece posted …

You might be wondering why the name “Mildred” is popular in the information technology world. Well that is because a company has taken Outside Broadcast (OB) Van technology to another level and decided to give that van a unique name. The team of Engineers at a leading company in the …

After this year’s World Press Freedom Day which took place across the globe on the 3rd of May, there is need for a bit of stock-taking on which parts of the world that  are still very dangerous for the practice of journalism. In Africa, the World Press Freedom Day was …

Agence France-Presse photographer Ronaldo Schemidt won the prestigious 2018 World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday with his image of a masked Venezuelan protester on fire, taken during violent protests in Caracas. “The jury… awards the first prize to Ronaldo Schemidt’s picture entitled ‘Venezuela Crisis’,” judges said at …

A Palestinian journalist died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire on Friday while covering deadly protests along the Israel-Gaza border, health officials said. Yaser Murtaja, 30, a cameraman for Palestinian Ain Media, was the 29th Palestinian killed in the week-long protests, reports The Star. Photos showed Murtaja lying …

Kenya’s first Satellite, a Cube Satellite (CubeSat) has been launched into the International Space Station. The launch which occurred on Monday this week at 16:30 hrs (Eastern USA local time) has been hailed as a milestone in Kenya’s exploration into space by CS Monica Juma. The Cube Satellite was developed by the University …

The 2018 edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) will take place in Ghana. The Director-General of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Madame Irina Bokova, has described the decision by Ghana to host the event as a mark of the country’s growing democratic credentials.   Madame …

Media relations requires modern strategies to achieve set objectives in this information technology age. It consists of communication between an organisation and news men. It further  comprises relationship between and organisation and the media industry. This is with a view to projecting the organization in good light to its potential …

Media relations and public relations are two concepts that often confuse students. Some think the two concepts mean the same thing but there is an obvious difference between them. See how Archie O’Brien of Public Relations News expertly explained these two concepts.  Read the article below; Media Relations and Public …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has banned specific songs by three top artists in Nigeria – Olamide Adedeji, Davido, and 9ice. Less than 24 hours after the NBC banned one of his recent songs, Wo, among others, from being played on the airwaves, popular rapper, Olamide Adedeji, has said that he …

The African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) has announced the death of one of the leading Professors of Mass Communication in Nigeria, David Edeani. Professor Edeani taught in Enugu State University (ESUT) before his retirement. He was also visiting professor to various Universities in Nigeria. He will be buried on …

Jay G Blumler is emeritus professor of Public Communication at the University of Leeds and emeritus professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland. He was born on the 18th of February 1924 (age 94), in New York, United States. He is a leading, internationally recognized figure in political communication, …