Though the war on terror in northeastern Nigeria is often pictured with a male face and baritone voice, a lot of women are also putting their lives on the line in the hopes of seeing peace return fully to the region. Ever since Amina had to watch as her husband was killed, she’s made herself …
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Reading is already hard enough. You want to make the experience as seamless and enjoyable as possible for people sharing their time with you. And it is not just about how people see your work, it also shapes how they see you. A beautiful article or website tells them you care deeply about your craft.
I like to call it journalism with the least amount of journalist, or journalism as an art of collective journaling.
The trend is unmistakable. Burkina Faso is on the radar of travel documentary filmmakers, and the coincidence seems at least a bit suspicious.
Every year since 2012, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has released a Digital News Report, providing important insights on news consumption across the world. The 2025 edition (available here) is based on responses from nearly 100,000 people from 48 countries. What can we learn about the Nigerian media ecosystem from this study?
I was recently invited by the Undergraduate Essayists Group to facilitate a workshop on — you guessed it — essay writing. Fun fact: The group has trained hundreds of young and aspiring writers across Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania. When the founder reached out via LinkedIn in May, he mentioned that many of their previous trainers …
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In what ways will the artificial intelligence revolution help journalists? I have a couple of ideas (ten in total). Some of them are painfully obvious. Others, not so much.
I am very suspicious of the notion that I have something valuable to teach others. So you must understand how difficult it is for me to write an article like this because who am I to presume I have enough expertise to tell others what to do and what to avoid? But then, if I’ve …
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The spread of misinformation on the internet can be likened to a wildfire. It begins with a spark. Then, it is picked up by another thing that catches fire and continues to spread until everyone is talking about it. As a researcher, you come across this fact, and because it is featured in so many …
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A lot of resources have been invested in getting journalists to do more fact-checking. But increasingly, we’re realising that it is not enough to verify claim after claim. It is not even enough to go after disinformation networks and get hundreds of bot accounts suspended from various social media websites. We also need to boost …
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