NUJ Chapel Partners ICIR on Data, Multimedia Journalism Training
By Ozumi Abdul
POLITICS DIGEST- The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, FCT Chapter, is set to collaborate with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) on the training of journalists in the area of data journalism, fact-checking, open source intelligence and multimedia journalism.
Chairman of the Chapel Mr. Jide Oyekunle, stated this at the weekend when the Exco members of the Chapel visited ICIR office in Abuja, on the need for strategic partnership in organising periodic training and capacity building for journalists .
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Oyekunle, said the training is aimed at enriching the reporting skills and knowledge of their members, while acquainting them with using of data and statistics in writing stories, different from the traditional way of storytelling and narrative journalism.
He said the partnership was borne out of the cordial relationship existing between the ICIR and media as a whole.
He noted that over the years, the Centre has played significant roles in raising the bar of excellence in journalism, through investigative journalism, by holding government authorities and officials to account.
Oyekunle, noted that technology revolution has changed and impacted journalism profession in so many ways, stressing the need for journalists to improve their skills in news reportage, and content creation, while fighting fake news, disinformation and misinformation.
