Yinka said: “Our determination to have a positive change in Africa’s media landscape continues to drive the mission of this organisation. Our target audience has always been next and early career journalists.
“This year’s training added a new dimension, as it is now a fellowship of six months training, mentoring, story pitching, writing by selected participants instead of just one-off training.”Yinka explained that the project has two cohorts of participants, campus journalism, safety, ethics, fact-checking and data-driven reporting, focused on developing the capacity of the next generation of journalists, many of whom are still studying on campuses across the region.
Among many others, a faculty member, Ann Godwin, the Rivers State correspondent of The Guardian Newspaper, charged participants to be focused on essential professional skill building, as well as take advantage of networking opportunities, which can make them become outstanding professionals in their calling.
She said: “Your irrelevance will show at the intersection of your knowledge gap.”
