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Dec 14, 2018 wemispot Opportunities africa, Journalism, media grant, media ngo, media workshop, medrive, ngo, nigeria, Oppportunities for africans, Reuters, thomson reuters foundation, training, wemimo adewuni

Fwd: Thomson Reuters Foundation: Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development Workshop

Deadline: 2 January 2019

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting journalists for its Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development workshop.

In order to ensure the daily issues faced by rural poor people and their communities are acknowledged, it is important that their stories are heard and their voices are amplified. With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the specialised UN agency, they will bring together journalists from around the world to attend this workshop aimed to enable journalists to tell the story of rural development.

Dec 14, 2018 medrive Blog accountability, africa, Community reporting, development, Global development index, government, Graasroot, impact journalism, media, medrive, nigeria, wemimo adewuni

COMMUNITY REPORTING IN NIGERIA

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.

Dec 9, 2018 wemispot Latest News Africa check, elections 2019, fact checking, impact journalism, Inclusive elections, inec, Journalism, Lagos, medrive, nigeria, people living with disabilities, pwd, security, tear gas, training, wemimo adewuni

JOURNALISTS CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF FAKE STORIES, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

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. Read More

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

Media is a powerful tool

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