Conversation With Funke Durodola-Treasure
Funke-Treasure Durodola is a broadcast journalist, certified media trainer, speech and leadership coach. She is the first female journalist to manage an all-news radio station in the Radio Nigeria Network and indeed the Nigerian broadcast industry. She has spent more than two decades as a broadcaster; presenting and producing programmes; and anchoring news She is […]
Conversation With Sumeya Gasa
Tell us about yourself My name is Sumeya Gasa. I am a 25-year-old award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and researcher based in Johannesburg. After graduating from the University of Witwatersrand, I went on to work as a multimedia journalist, first, with News24 and later joining Chronicle – the multimedia partner to the Daily Maverick. During my […]
How to Determine Your Style
Something I have grappled with for sometime now is understanding what my style is. I like to dress well and look good but I donât like to make it the main challenge of my day. I donât like to be excessive, but I do believe that looking the part usually dictates how seriously people take […]
AWIM 2018: The Conversation with the Convener
“I’m happy that I have been able to make a difference” -Yemisi Akinbobola The African Women in the Media held a two-day conference in Ibadan, Nigeria on June 21-22,2018. A number of delegates had an interaction with the Convener, Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola after her closing remarks. Afolasade Osigwe was one of them, and she did […]
AWIM 2018: Nuggets from the Conference
On 21-22 June 2018, the city of Ibadan did not only welcome media professionals from far and near, it became the space for intellectual discourse, networking, and career awakening. It was a two-day event that had the movers & shakers of the media world in attendance as there was so much to learn and ponder […]
Conversation with Oluwayemisi Mafe
1. Tell us about yourself I am a graduate of English from the University of Ilorin. I started my career as a Freelance Journalist with Herald Group of Newspapers in Ilorin, and over the years I have gained experience in the Marketing Communications industry working with leading Advertising and Public Relations agencies. Presently, I head […]
