Bimbola Oyesola Nigerian workers in their usual characteristic way joined their counterparts from all over the world to celebrate this year’s May Day on Teusday, despite the overall security and other daunting challenges to the national growth. But the organised labour wants the government to act fast in tackling all these life threatening problems, as [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Online Journalism'
Nigeria’s workers task government on security,corruption
May 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Tags: Online Journalism · Political reporting · Sneak In
MULTIMEDIA: Just how BIG is Hacienda Luisita?
November 24th, 2011 · No Comments
Under the ruling of the Supreme Court, 4,915 hectares of the Cojuangco-controlled Hacienda Luisita must be awarded to its 6,296 farmworker-beneficiaries under the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which was started by President Corazon Aquino in 1988.
Tags: Online Journalism · Political reporting · Poverty
Journalists must embrace Social Media -GJA Prez
November 9th, 2011 · No Comments
In recent times, the use of social media as a tool to communicate has become very common among the populace the world over. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Badoo, Blogs, among many others, have played an important role in disseminating information to the masses.
Tags: Online Journalism
Tamale students benefit from online social media training
November 8th, 2011 · No Comments
The United States (US) Embassy is partnering with the Northern Regional Library to provide training in online social media and creative writing for students of Senior and Junior High Schools in Tamale. Continue reading http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2011/11/tamale-students-benefit-from-online.html
Tags: Online Journalism
2011: Africa lowest region in ITU’s global ICT Index …Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea Bissau excluded
September 21st, 2011 · No Comments
The 2011 edition of Measuring the Information Society featuring the latest International Telecommunication Union ITU ICT Development Index (IDI) and the level of advancement of ICTs in 152 countries worldwide comparing progress made between 2008 and 2010 was released Thursday September 15. The IDI which ranked countries according to their level of ICT access, use [...]
Tags: Online Journalism · Poverty · Sneak In
“Ciudad Juárez taught me to live”
September 17th, 2011 · No Comments
The Spanish blogger Judith Torrea writes about Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the US-border severely affected by drug trafficking and homicides. She was awarded the Reporters Without Borders BOB Award 2011 during the Global Media Conference. An interview about journalistic passion and fear.
Tags: Gender Issues · Media Ethics · Media Landscapes · Online Journalism · Political reporting · Press Freedom
Amerasians: The unwanted angels of Angeles City
September 16th, 2011 · No Comments
(First of two articles) ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – There was a hint of embarrassment in Mark Gilbore’s voice as he pointed to the infamous red light district of Angeles City. It was almost dusk when girls of various shapes and sizes began to pour out onto the streets. Clad in clothes that showed off more [...]
Tags: Gender Issues · Online Journalism · Poverty · Reporting on Asean
Cool Multimedia approach: See how cheating was done in 2007 Philippine polls
September 6th, 2011 · No Comments
InterAksyon.com, the Philippines newest and fastest-rising news website recently launched a special interactive microsite on the poll cheating in the 2007 Midterm elections.
Tags: Election reporting · Newsroom Diary · Online Journalism
KIDNAPED!
July 21st, 2011 · No Comments
Five Years On, Chief Ebrima Manneh Still Missing It has been exactly five years Thursday, since Gambian journalist Mr Chief Ebrima Manneh went missing and separated from his family where he was a breadwinner. Chief Manneh, who disappeared since July 7, 2006, was allegedly whisked away from his office, the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper in [...]
Tags: Online Journalism · Press Freedom
German Media Expert Bemoans Internet’s Biggest Blunder
July 20th, 2011 · No Comments
The editorial board member of German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, Mr Jochen Gaugele said freeing internet media content was the biggest blunder to be ever made in the global media industry. The mistake could soon see thousands of newspapers worldwide closing their doors due to lack of enough audience and strong financial support from readers and [...]
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