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Email: [email protected] Website: www.mediacareerng.org Phone: +2348023000621, +2348050498530 Twitter: @mediacareerngr R January 2021 Front page picture: Yiaga Africa/IPC media engagement on electoral reforms CONTENT 2020 Media NGOS/ Introduction 4 5 Institutions programmes Daily Trust Foundation 6 7 Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation Devcoms 8 9 International Press Centre International Centre for Dataphyte 12 14 Investigative Reporting Participatory Communication Media Rights Agenda 15 16 for Gender Development Premium Times Centre Wole Soyinka Centre for for Investigative Journalism 17 18 Investigative Journalism Africa Check 20 21 ActionAid Media Career Development i-79 22 23 Network Light Rays 24 25 Tech Mirror Journalism and Development Institute for Media and Society Seminars Initiative 26 27 Code for Africa 28 29 Nigeria Women In PR Journalism Clinic 30 31 Africa Women in the Media Institutions – LASUSOC 32 34 Pan Atlantic University UNILAG ALUMNI Association of Communication ‘Communication School’ 35 37 Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria Nigeria Guild of Editors 40 41 Survey Reports ‘Campus Reporter has helped Attestations 43 44 me to realize my potentials’ Media opportunities for students journalists in Nigeria 45 46 Awards Funders 47 48 Quotes How to enhance Database 53 58 media career in 2021 About Media Career 60 Development Network 3 www.mediacareerng.org 2020 Media NGOs/Institutions PROGRAMMES n year 2020, the Daily Trust to report about COVID-19 (ii) 2. Natural Resources and their Foundation, with funding from What to look out for in reporting Governance IMacArthur Foundation, US, herbal cures for COVID-19 (iii) had the following training how to humanize COVID-19 3. Nigerian Financial Sector activities: stories (iv) analyses of examples of reports from the United Kingdom 4. The Manufacturing Sector 1. Copy Editing: This training was (v) using data to report COVID-19 targeted at line editors, sub-editors (vii) 50 story ideas on COVID-19 5. Information and Communication and proof-readers at Daily Trust (viii) how to write an investigative Technology and eight other media houses in story pitch. Abuja. The objective was to take 6. Small and Medium Scale these gate-keepers through the For 2021, we are organizing Enterprises basic challenges in digital copy Master Classes on several beats to 7. Annual Budget Analysis editing. The curriculum was expose journalists to concepts, derived from a baseline research legal frameworks, principles and 8. Documentary Production. conducted by the Foundation on the issues in specialized reporting. common reading errors in online Also, they will be exposed to 'how and print newspapers today. to do interpretative reporting.' The Participants were taken through (i) three-day Master Classes for each Each of the training would have principles of copy editing (ii) specialization would cover the d a t a a n d d i g i t a l r e p o r t i n g common grammatical errors in followings: components. news writing/reporting today (iii) punctuation marks and their 1. Agriculture All these trainings are funded by the grammatical functions (iv) MacArthur Foundation, US. headline casting (v) common errors i n t h e u s e o f i d i o m a t i c e x p r e s s i o n & phrasal verbs (vi) news judgement: common sense and legal issues (vii) correcting d a n g l i n g modifiers (viii) practical copy editing. 2. Investigating COVID-19: This t r a i n i n g w a s c o n d u c t e d v i r t u a l l y . I t covered issues l i k e : ( i ) W h a t medical doctors expect journalists 6 www.mediacareerng.org Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation implemented three main projects in 2020 which includes the following: (1) Using visuals to tell stories of impact (Oct 7-8) (2) Conflict reporting and FactCheck (Nov 26-27) (3) News writing and investigative journalism for campus journalists under our Campus Civic Media Campaign project supported by OSIWA. The first two supported by MacArthur Foundation were for working journalists, while the last one was for undergraduates of Mass Communication from seven universities (hps://www.thecable.ng/cable- foundaon-trains-campus-journalists-on-invesgave-reporng) Cable Foundation trains campus journalists on investigative reporting able Newspaper Journalism building of journalists so we felt urged journalists to remember that F o u n d a t i o n ( C N J F ) that by building their skills, “journalism is not emotion, but Corganised a training for exporting them to the field, facts.” campus journalists on news writing mentoring them and giving them F e m i A t o y e b i , h e a d o f and investigative reporting, story assignments, they would investigations of the project, said b e t w e e n D e c e m b e r 7 a n d perfect their craft.” the participants will be paired with December 8. On the first day of the training, mentors after the training. The workshop, which took place in Olukorede Yishau, associate editor He also encouraged them to write Lagos, had in attendance students of The Nation, anchored a session pitches for investigative stories, from eight higher institutions which centred on elements of which would be considered for across the country. systematic, in-depth research and grants. They are the University of Lagos, reporting. Simon Kolawole, executive University of Ilorin, Lead City He advised participants to cultivate director of CNJF, urged the campus University, Lagos State University, the habit of reading, writing good journalists to pursue their passions and University of Ibadan, Crescent pitches and monitoring happenings in life and position themselves to University, Obafemi Awolowo in the country. make a difference in the society. University, and Nigerian Institute Juliana Francis, crime editor of Anjola Otubu, a participant from of Journalism. New Telegraph, took the second the University of Lagos said the The training was implemented session which focused on ethical training has enabled her to embrace under the Campus Civic Media and legal issues in investigative investigative journalism as a career Campaign (CCMC) of the CNJF, reporting. path. with support from the Open Society She emphasised that investigative “I learned how to write a pitch Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). journalism cannot be forced on a which was very important. I learnt Abiose Adams, senior programme reporter, rather it must be a calling. about ethics of journalism. I gained officer, CNJF, said the objective of The second day of the training a d e e p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the workshop is to enable students featured Olukayode Thomas, everything I already know,” she hone their reporting skills. investigative journalist/sports said. “We wanted them to be participants s p e c i a l i s t , w h o s p o k e o n On her part, Badekan Olabisi, a in the democratic process using identifying and uncovering participant from the Nigerian journalism as a tool,” she said. corruption as a journalist. Institute of Journalism, said the “The Cable Newspaper Journalism H e a d d r e s s e d t h e d a n g e r s sessions were “excellent” and Foundation specialises in capacity encountered in the profession and changed her perception of investigative reporting. 7 www.mediacareerng.org Medical Science reporting ( N u t r i t i o n . C O V I D - 1 9 , Tuberculosis, Family Planning) Mentoring on Family Planning in the context of SDGs for journalists and groups Level across 13 States. Field Reporting and Investigative Journalism in Science and Public Health H e a l t h P r o m o t i o n / H e a l t h Education Material Development – The programmes implemented in COVID-19 lockdown webinars Audio, Video, Print, Online/Social 2020 and those planned for 2021 series Media are as follows: Why access to contraception is Mentoring Programme 2020 programmes critical in COVID-19 response, Science Journalism Writing and th DevComs studio promotional (24 of April 2020) M e n t o r i n g p r o j e c t support to up-and-coming musical COVID-19 reporting the science, www.africas.com.ng artistes and production -- Ongoing the hysteria and risk of emerging B e y o n d H e S a i d , S c i e n c e C a p a c i t y d e v e l o p m e n t f o r infectious diseases J o u r n a l i s m j o u r n a l i s t s , s o c i a l m e d i a COVID-19 maintaining demand M e n t o r i n g a n d influencers and MDAs across 8 for family planning services L e a d e r s h i p states. experiences from the field (29th may (SciJoMeL) Project A d v o c a c y v i s i t s t o m e d i a 2020) Immersion Journalism Programme organizations across 5 states (Abia, A national COVID-19 nutrition Capacity Building on Social Media Anambra, Rivers, Plateau and campaign (June 9th 2020) C o n t e n t Taraba) for institutional support Re-engaging student: The urgency Development and and buy-in for (TCI) projects in or cost-effective strategies (June Dissemination Nigeria.