As part of the activities marking the 1st year anniversary of OduduwaNews, the management of the media house held a public symposium upper week Friday with the Theme “Roles of Media Practitioners in Ensuring Fairness, Truth and Justice in News Coverage and Reporting” the Keynote Speaker, Mr Niyi Oyedeji of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) did Justice to the theme of the discourse, he charged Journalists to be calm, and not to rush in news publishing, that they should always verify news and fact checking.
The Special Guest of the event, Ambassador Ramata Agberemi Dabo applauded OduduwaNews for the good job they have been doing, encouraged them to always do more in ensuring that the Media Industry is devoid of unsolicited and unverified news. She also charged the handlers of the media platform to ensure they use their platform in helping the less privileged to showcase their talents and gifts to the public
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On the panel session, we had only Mr Dayo Titilola on seat, President, Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University. He addressed the plight of Student Journalists on Campuses, ranging from victimization from their school management among others, and the efforts currently put in place by the National body of ACJ to ensure that the student journalists are safe on their campuses.
Furthermore, he emphasized the need for more relationship between media houses and student Journalists in term of more internship among others.