The abstract of a paper titled ‘Investigative Journalism and Scandal Reporting in the Nigerian Press’ by Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u: Using interviews conducted with Nigerian journalists, this article explores Nigerian journalists’ understandings of investigative journalism, and whether they use it to investigate the allegations of corruption scandals against various public officeholders. The results show that Nigerian… Read More »
Last Saturday, I went with a friend, Dr Sola Olorunyomi, to the presentation of prizes for excellence in investigative reporting. The awards were instituted in 2005, and it awards prizes in the print, broadcast (both TV and Radio) and photo journalism. Although the banner says it awards prizes in online journalism none was awarded. I… Read More »
I was at my old department at the University of Ibadan – Communication and Language Arts department – last Wednesday to give a talk on blogging. I had been thinking about how to get the department to include blogging and online journalism in its curriculum. I know a little about how curricula are revised, and… Read More »