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AMDF INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

Are you interested in acquiring Journalism experience? Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) invites applications from interested individuals for a (1) month free internship programme in Kaduna – Nigeria. During the…
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Development Journalism should be the focus for Journalists in Africa -Ladan

Danjuma Mohammed Ladan has practiced as a Broadcast journalist for over 30 years. He served with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and retired as Deputy Director News. He spoke to…
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Antswen Emmanuel Bem is AMDF Journalist of the Month

Antswen Emmanuel Bem is a graduate of English from the University of Abuja, Nigeria. He reports for the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN from Benue state. He hails from Gwer…
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Ibrahima Yakubu is AMDF 2017 Journalist of the Year

Ibrahima Yakubu reports for Deutsche welle radio “German international radio” from Kaduna North West, Nigeria. He hails from Kabo Local Government area of Kano state in North West Nigeria; Ibrahima…
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Reuters Institute survey gives insight into why readers distrust the media

A new report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism offers a bit more insight into what’s driving distrust in news organizations across the world. Working with YouGov, the Reuters Institute…
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‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests

By Benedict Carey Fake news evolved from seedy internet sideshow to serious electoral threat so quickly that behavioral scientists had little time to answer basic questions about it, like who…
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Five Innovative Apps for Journalists from 2017

Digital tools are transforming the ways in which journalists create articles, market their stories and interact with current events. Throughout 2017, developers created new digital applications that use artificial intelligence…
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Iraq, Syria deadliest countries for journalists Murders of Mexican journalists at highest number recorded

  At least 42 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual analysis. While the overall number eased…
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Ahmed Abba to be freed after Cameroonian Court reduces sentence on appeal

The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s ruling by a Cameroonian military appeal court that should result in Radio France Internationale radio journalist Ahmed Abba’s immediate release from prison. “We…
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Egypt’s Journalists Face ‘Unprecedented’ Threats

by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours This has been described as “the worst time to be a journalist” in Egypt’s history. As the year comes to an end, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi‘s government stands accused…
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