By Helen Okechukwu, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEALTH JOURNALISM must move beyond routine reporting and become a force that drives accountability, influences policy reforms, and improves healthcare delivery in Nigeria, media experts and health advocates have said. JKNewsMedia.com reporter who participated in the training, writes that the call was ma...
By Bamidele Johnson NOT LONG before the now-departed Jose Peseiro was hired as technical adviser to the Super Eagles, I found myself listening to one of those radio stations where everybody is committed to sounding like they schooled at Eton. I was driving, which was my first mistake. The second was leaving the radio on. […]
By JKNewsMedia EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION remains critical to national growth and institutional impact, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Industry (MOI), Dr. Olasupo Olusi, said during an interactive session with media partners in Lagos. Olusi described the media as Nigeria’s most important development partner and said jour...
By Joke Kujenya CRIMES AGAINST journalists continue to go largely unpunished, with 85 percent of cases remaining uninvestigated and unresolved, a level described as unacceptable by United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres. JKNewsMedia.com reports that he made the statement in a message to mark World Press Freedom Day 2026 observed a...
By JKNewsMedia COMMEMORATION PLANS advanced as the Tunji Braithwaite Foundation (TBF) concluded arrangements for the 10th memorial anniversary of Dr Tunji Braithwaite scheduled for Saturday 2 May 2026 at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the event will feature the unveiling of a commemorative b...
By Joke Kujenya THE ROOM didn’t feel like a typical media event. No stiff introductions but a light-hearted ‘getting-to-know-you’ better session. As JKNewsMedia.com observed, there was no polite applause just for the sake of it. Rather, what filled the space instead was something heavier. It was a quiet, shared understanding that ...
By JKNewsMedia SEASONED JOURNALIST, Dr Friday Olokor opens up on his newsroom battles, arrests, the collapse of print journalism, and the quiet reinvention that took him from The PUNCH to Arise News TV. PRINT JOURNALISM is fading, but for Dr Friday Olokor, the story is not just about an industry in decline, it is […]
By JKNewsMedia TITLED “NIGERIANS Abroad” a new live radio programme is set to debut on Mainland 98.3FM Lagos State, described as Nigeria’s Number One Creative, Culture and Sound of Music Radio Station. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the programme will be anchored and unveiled by Dr George Elijah Otumu, identified as one of Nig...
By JKNewsMedia APPLICATIONS HAVE opened for a specialised training programme aimed at addressing knowledge and skills gaps in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Nigerian newsrooms, with Safer Media Initiative (SMI) announcing a workshop focused on the effective, responsible and safe use of its tools. JKNewsMedia.com reports ...
By Ifah Sunday Ele 10 Things to Note When Writing Human-Interest Stories. . . ▪️You can introduce the story with an anecdote, summary, quotation, catchy phrase, or one word, or a description of the individual or place where relevant events took place. ▪️Human Interest Stories are about people, not statistical data or government policy, and [&...
