November 2018 - MeDrive

Nov 27, 2018 wemispot Opportunities africa, awards, impact journalism, Journalism opportunity, Opportunities for africans, reporting grant

WIN $5,000 REPORTING GRANT AND TWO WEEKS INTERNSHIP WITH ‘THE ECONOMIST’ IN LONDON

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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Nov 27, 2018 wemispot Blog 16daysofactivism, africa, child bride, civic media lab, Data management, development, election 2019, endviolenceagainstwomen, fact checking, forced child marriage, Global development index, impact journalism, Journalism, medrive, national bureau of statiatics, Nbs, nigeria, rotimi sankore, sdg, statistics, wemimo adewuni, women

DATA WOULD HELP YOU MAKE AWARD WINNING REPORTS

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

Nov 25, 2018 wemispot Blog 16daysofactivism, 28toomany, endfgm, endrape, endviolenceagainstwomen, metoo, Orangetheworld

ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 2018

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.

Nov 19, 2018 wemispot Blog africa, development, impact journalism, Journalism, media, nigeria, report, sdg, take action, wash, World toilet day

WORLD TOILET DAY- WHEN NATURE CALLS, TAKE ACTION

November 19 every year is World Toilet Day. This is an official United Nation’s Observance which seeks to draw attention to the global need for hygiene, Sanitation and Safe Water.

Wondering what you should do as a journalist? Well here are some numbers to JumpStart your ideas.
According to the United Nations,

62.5% of people around the world do not have access to safe sanitation.
4.5 billion people live without a safe toilet.
892 million people practice open defecation
1.8 billion people use a water source that could have been contaminated by feaces.

Nov 17, 2018 vwilliy Blog africa, AI, artificial intelligence, development, Facebook, impact journalism, media, naija stories, nigeria, reporting, sdg, social media, Technology, twitter

TECHNOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT REPORTING

Dear journalist, you know we are past the era of analogue journalism where every process of news reportage and production were done manually, right? It’s about time you got on your track and harnessed the technologies of the 21st century to be outstanding on your beat

So, you have written a story that took sweat and blood from you. You have cut all your vox pop and edited your photos. This story means a lot to the community you are reporting on and you have been unbiased in your reportage. Read More

Media is a powerful tool

Month: November 2018