The abrupt shutdown of the Gothamist and DNAinfo local news networks earlier this month was a stark reminder to digital journalists who want archives of their stuff: Back it up! Back it…
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A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, the Executive Director of the Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo, as well as ten distinguished journalists have been shortlisted for the 12th edition of the…
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Ryan, Strupp and Bump speak at a Hacks/Hackers DC panel Last year, Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was killed as he walked to his home in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood.…
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When Nigerian journalists Bukola Adebayo andTina Armstrong started reporting on coastal communities living in Lagos, Nigeria, they wanted to focus on the socioeconomic issues affecting the population’s quality of life, with the hope…
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According to a report by UNESCO close to 930 journalists have been killed in the past 11 years for reporting the news and bringing information to the public. On average,…
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In June, Canada’s Globe and Mail won “Investigation of the Year” honors for a series on why Canadian police dismiss so many sexual-assault cases as “unfounded.” Judges for the2017 Data Journalism Awards praised the “deep…
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Ojo Sola Olusegun was born some 35 years ago and hails from Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. He is a Higher National Diploma graduate of Mass…
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By Omeiza Balogun When 64 years old, Mr. Iyasele Emonyon of Idunwele-Ewu, Esan Central Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria, returned home at about 3:00pm, 22nd May, 2017, his…
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A week after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked central Nepal in 2015, Prakash Mahat, a cameraman with Nepal TV News, was covering both the aftereffects of the earthquake and…
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By Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand Four decades after the Black Wednesday crackdown on the media and the black consciousness movement, South Africa is a different country. Freedom of…
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