The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation, has trained about thirty (30) journalists on how to use the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other global data to do COVID-19 stories. The four-day workshop held on October…
The Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means. Wealth of Nations is…
Anyone can register for this free course. The University of Pennsylvania offers the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) “English for Journalism,” starting Aug. 24 through Coursera. The five-unit course is designed by the U.S. State Department for non-native English speakers who are interested in…
It is useless to be afraid of death – An African proverb With their lives encapsulated in journalism and journalism entrenched in the lives, I had to foreground the second to my last meeting with Wada Maida three weeks ago…
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2020) is offering grants to enable investigative journalism in Africa. We are offering three categories of grants: 1. For the investigation of health/science issues 2. For the exposé of pandemic-related scams, corruption and wrongdoing. 3.…
President Muhammadu Buhari On Tuesday said he received the news announcing the passing of his close ally, friend and associate, Malam Wada Maida with deep sorrow. President Buhari, in a condolence statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the…
The remains of Malam Wada Maida were buried at the Muslim section of the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja yesterday. Malam Maida died on Monday aged 70. He was buried after a funeral prayer led by the Chief Imam of Sheu…
The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has conducted a two-day webinar on “Investigating COVID-19” for journalists of Daily Trust Newspapers and other media platforms. The training, which was conducted virtually, had 32 participants from Daily Trust, People’s…
An elder statesman and a minister during the Second Republic, Malam Ismaila Isa Funtua, died on Monday in Abuja at the age of 78. Sources said he suffered a cardiac arrest after taking himself to a hospital for routine checks.…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hundreds of newsrooms to impose massive cuts, layoffs and furloughs—so much that several media organizations have called on Congress to lend crucial financial assistance to the industry. In April, a coalition of more than 45…
