Nigerian Journalists Safety Alert - NJSA

30/10/2024

🌍 Webinar Announcement - Environmental Activism and Journalism in Hostile Environments: Risks, Resistance and Resilience

Date: October 31, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT
Platform: Zoom

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Environmental activists and journalists are crucial voices in this struggle, exposing harmful practices, educating communities, and advocating for accountability. However, their vital work often places them in danger, as they face physical violence, legal harassment, and digital surveillance. In man...

12/10/2024

📢 Happening live: Ahead the Ondo State governorship election, IPC and DAI Global are hosting a workshop on "Effective Communication in the Election Process" for INEC Nigeria officials, Ondo State. This initiative aims to equip participants with essential skills for engaging with the public, fostering a positive dialogue focused on accountability. By ensuring effective communication, we aim for an inclusive, free, and fair election in November 2024, free from disinformation. This event is part of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria project, supported by the European Union.

10/10/2024

Press Freedom Quote Of The Week:

"Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged."
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

03/10/2024

Press Freedom Quote Of The Week:
"The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” George Mason.

01/10/2024

Join Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism today at 11:00 a.m. for a discussion on "Free Nation, Gagged Press? Nigeria's Independence and Press Freedom", featuring - Lanre Arogundade .
This event explores the challenges facing Nigeria's press and the implications for democratic governance.

18/09/2024

Press Freedom Quote of the week:

"The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as essential to a free press as the ink it is printed with. Otherwise, who will hold accountable those who hold power over us?"
Rod Lurie

12/09/2024

Press Freedom Quote of The Week:
Developing and newer democracies are much more susceptible to the tactics of populists and demagogues - they often do not have strong institutions, free press, or the infrastructure required to defend their nascent democracies.

Kofi Annan

27/08/2024

Press Freedom Quote of the Week

"The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted."
Naomi Wolf


African Freedom of Expression Exchange - AFEX

23/08/2024

Explore the latest publication on Salient Contemporary Issues in Broadcasting, featuring in-depth analysis on Legislative/Regulatory Reforms.

Access the full publication here: https://cemesong.org/salient-contemporary-issues-in-broadcasting-legislative-regulatory-reforms-in-nigeria/

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22/08/2024

Inclusive elections begin with inclusive reporting! Access the Media Guidelines for Disability-Inclusive Coverage of Elections in Nigeria on our partner's website: https://cemesong.org/media-guidelines-for-disability-inclusive-coverage-of-elections-in-nigeria/
Centre For Media and Society

MediaResourcesPrintReports & Publications Media Guidelines for Disability-Inclusive Coverage of Elections in Nigeria By chinemere chukwu - April 13, 2023 0 295 Facebook Twitter Linkedin WhatsApp Telegram Pinterest Email Print The media plays a critical role in Nigeria’s democratic governance, prov...

21/08/2024

Press Freedom Quote of The Week:
"Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell".
Hugo Black.

13/08/2024

Press Freedom Quote of the week:

"When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered."

Christopher Dodd