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
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 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.
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,
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