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 …
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Mother, daughter involved in terrible canon shots accident
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Read More »Uchu River in Umuchu, classic cultural heritage
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 – …
Read More »Ikoro Umuchu, reflecting cultural heritage
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 …
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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 …
Read More »UNESCO To Be Involved in Sponsoring 2020 ACSPN Conference, See Why You Should Attend
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 …
Read More »2020 Media and Communication Conferences in Holding in South Africa
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 …
Read More »Top 6 Communication Conferences in South Africa 2020
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 …
Read More »2020 Media and Communication Conferences in Africa You Can Attend
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. …
Read More »Women in Media International Conferences 2020
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 …
Read More »10 Women in the Media International Conferences in 2020 That Will Interest You
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 …
Read More »50 Media and Communication Conferences in 2020 You Should Attend
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 …
Read More »Top 10 Women and Media Conferences in 2020 Female Communication Scholars in Nigeria Want to Attend
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 …
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