International Alert, in partnership with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, has trained about 150 journalists and media practitioners in Sokoto State on conflict-sensitive reporting and responsible journalism. The two-day training, held under the Resilience, Engagement, and Conflict-Prevention for At-Risk Populations’ Protection in Sokoto State Project and funded by the European Union, is aimed…
Madeline Stone for Stacker Thousands of journalists are leaving newsrooms and taking marketing jobs. Here’s why. Former liberal arts majors, journalists, and other lovers of the written word are flocking to a new career path: brand journalism. This type of role involves much of the same research and writing work that journalists are accustomed to,…
By Frank Ulom AL-SHAAB (CONVERSEER) – Hundreds of mourners gathered in Sana’a on Tuesday for the funeral of 31 journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes last week, marking one of the deadliest incidents involving media professionals in the region. The funeral service, held at al-Shaab mosque in the Yemeni capital, saw coffins carrying the slain reporters…
An Israeli strike has k!lled five Al Jazeera employees. The five journalists were k!lled in Gaza, including journalist Anas al Sharif, who had feared he was being targeted for assassination. Al Sharif died alongside colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had recently…
0 ABUJA – Imo, Bauchi and Lagos States have been ranked as some of the most dangerous and hostile states for journalists to operate in Nigeria. Imo State in particular was ranked 37th (last) out of 36 states including FCT with a dismal score of 40.70%, while Bauchi was ranked 35th with a poor score…
The United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is actively involved in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) activities targeting audiences in East Africa. This was the verdict of selected journalists who took part in a secret program it organised in Kampala last week, ostensibly to train them on countering what it terms ‘Russian propaganda and…
Amnesty International Nigeria has urged the federal government to launch an independent investigation into the assault of two journalists during the Take It Back movement’s 7 April protest in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The protest, held on Monday in multiple states, was organised to demand an end to bad governance and clampdowns on free speech….
Concerns over transparency have intensified after journalists were denied access to the construction site of the N15 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. This development has raised fresh questions about the project’s execution, funding, and environmental impact. The project spans approximately 700 kilometres and is a major infrastructure initiative under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. It is…
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cameroonian authorities to investigate and hold accountable those who attacked Equinoxe TV journalists Joseph Abena Abena and Augustin Ndongo while they were reporting in a village in Cameroon’s South Region on February 13. “The attack on Joseph Abena Abena and Augustin Ndongo is yet another expression of…
Gunmen attack soldiers in Imo It was a tragic day on Tuesday when some gunmen attacked soldiers in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. Many people were feared killed during the incident. The attackers were believed to be pro-Biafra gunmen enraged about the alleged establishment of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp…
