Rural News Tourism

Rural news tourism is a specialized kind of rural journalism which makes news gathering and writing exciting. Just like rural news reporting, rural news tourism is rural community oriented but the reporter doubles as a journalist and a tourist, making their job unique. Here are the features of rural news …

Canon shots are called Mkponani by Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria. Canon shot is an improvised explosive device (IED) which is made of compressed gun powder and sand in metal jacket. The metal jacket is shaped into a pipe placed in the ground. Just like in every other business, accidents occur …

One of the unique delicacies that distinguish African food culture in some parts of the continent is bush pig meat. The bushpig is a member of the pig family that lives in forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and cultivated areas in some parts of Africa, but more popular in East and …

  The youngest canon shots operator in Africa is a 13-year-old Nigerian boy. He is the youngest in this very dangerous line of business. Find out more about him in this amazing edition of Rural News Tourism. Firing canon shots is really a dangerous business but when a 13-year-old boy …

Rivers give identity to communities in African societies. This identity pattern also applies to rural African societies. In Anambra state, Nigeria, one of the top tourism sites is the great Uchu river. It is located in Umuchu, Aguata local government area of Anambra state. The name of the community – …

One of the traits of a strong culture-based rural society is the Ikoro. This is a giant wooden gong which serves as a central alert system for drawing attention of residents of a community to very important developments that require urgent attention.   Rural news tourism took us to Umuchu …

News is an account of a recent event reported by a journalist through a mass medium such as newspaper, radio or television. This is a common perception of what news is. When a reporter gives an account of an occurrence, especially a recent event, and makes it available to the …

If you’re a communication scholar in Nigeria and you love attending well organized conferences supported by renowned international organizations then you should read this story. When UNESCO contributes in organizing any conference in Nigeria you should be there. The Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) has received …

South Africa is renowned for hosting academic conferences every year. Journalism and Mass Communication scholars in Africa and beyond have a vast range of academic conferences, workshops and summits they can attend in 2020 which will be coming up in South Africa. This is where they have opportunity to share …

South Africa is renowned for hosting academic conferences every year. Journalism and Mass Communication scholars in Africa and beyond have a vast range of academic conferences, workshops and summits they can attend in 2020 which will be coming up in South Africa. This is where they have opportunity to share …

Journalism and Mass Communication scholars in Africa have a vast range of academic conferences, workshops and summits they can attend across the continent in 2020. This is where they have opportunity to share evolving developments in media, journalism, mass communication education, among other interesting areas in today’s dynamic digital society. …

Women in media and communication discipline, including related fields have another very interest year loaded with Women-focused and other gender-based conferences to share research experiences on women, the media and society. This is another robust year for researchers and scholars in Journalism and Mass Communication disciplines interested in women-focused conference …

Women in media and communication discipline, including related fields have another very interest year loaded with Women-focused and other gender-based conferences to share research experiences on women, the media and society. This is another robust year for researchers and scholars in Journalism and Mass Communication disciplines interested in women-focused conference …

This is another robust year for researchers and scholars in Journalism and Mass Communication disciplines. These are broad but related areas that are full of evolving developments. There are several international conferences in 2020 where emerging trends in these vibrant areas are discussed by scholars around the world. Journalism and …

Women in media and communication discipline, including related fields have another very interest year loaded with Women-focused and other gender-based conferences to share research experiences on women, the media and society. This is another robust year for researchers and scholars in Journalism and Mass Communication disciplines interested in women-focused conference …