INTEGRITY AS A TOOL OF JOURNALISM
“If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything,” says Gordon A. Eadi.
One of the significant ethics of the journalism profession is integrity, which involves the ability to say things and make a report without an inch of compromise or leaving any fact behind no matter how little, having it in mind that “whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
Journalists face violence and intimidation for exercising their fundamental right to freedom of expression. The range of threats faced include murder, kidnapping, hostage-taking, offline and online harassment, intimidation, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and torture. Read More
MEDRIVE is ONE!
Journalists from broadcast, print and online media on Thursday 15th of August were trained in Lagos on Sensitive and Conflict Reporting. The training, facilitated by MEDRIVE, a media hub focused on training for African journalists, included practical and highly interactive sessions to ensure that knowledge is truly passed and retained
MEDRIVE, which was founded one year ago, has trained over 120 journalists from five states in Nigeria and mentored 40. The trainings have included Story Crafting, Impact Journalism, Using Social Media for New Age Journalism, Elections Reporting, Grants Writing, and the latest centered on Conflict Reporting, targeting journalists reporting crime and conflict.
Journalists from Print, Broadcast and Online media trained on Sensitive and conflict Reporting by MEDRIVE
http://journalism.co.za/osffellowships/
Five Open Society Fellowships in Investigative Reporting are available each year for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Each fellowship will last for 18 months, consisting of 12 months’ study, 6 months’ internship and attendance at two international investigative journalism conferences (one in South African and one in the USA).
By Oluwatosin Akinrinde
It is a known fact that the media is saddled with the primary responsibility of portraying issues that are peculiar to a particular set of people within a socio-political terrain. It is of essence to note that the authors of our 1999 constitution understood the necessity for community reporting by inserting a fundamental clause in section 22.
Journalists across various media houses gathered in Lagos to learn the rudiments of election reporting. The training titled ELECTIONS FROM A DRONE VIEW, was organized by MEDRIVE, a media hub focused on impact journalism.
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The International Center for Journalists is now seeking entries for the 2019 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. We’d be delighted if you could share our open call for nominations with your network –– or let us know if you have a great nominee who meets the criteria. Of course, we encourage you to apply as well! The application deadline is Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
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Journalists gathered from various media platforms, discussing the use of data in analyzing development issues in Nigeria, from insecurity, poverty, low unemployment rate, child mortality, education, governance, etc.
Rotimi Sankore in his presentation at the ‘Rotimi Sankore Masterclass’ of the Civic Media Lab explained the link between underdevelopment and the numerous challenges of the country.
Data drawn from the National Bureau of Statistics and from various ministries across Nigeria were shared. Take a look at this. Read More
It’s the International day for the elimination of Violence Against Women; the day for us all to #OrangetheWorld.
From psychological to physical and then physiological trauma, many young women have experienced pain as a result of violence. Even as laws have been enacted to mitigate such dastardly acts against women, we still have case upon case resurfacing.