Investigations

2024: A call to action from the Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors

By The Insight Team February 2, 2024 178 0

In 2023, Africa proved to be an increasingly dangerous place, both for journalists and for journalism itself. Not only were at least eight of us murdered and 67 imprisoned in this one year, with scores more threatened and harassed, but even the practice of reporting the truth around us is being made increasingly difficult by […]Continue Reading

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Daily Trust Foundation Trains Journalists on Data Journalism in Abuja

By The Insight Team October 26, 2023 194

By Emmanuel Kwada Daily Trust Foundation with the support from the MacArthur Foundation has trained no fewer than 20 journalists selected from across the Nigerian blogosphere, print, and broadcast stations on Data Journalism to aid their investigative abilities. The training which took place between 23 and 25 September focused on the tools for data journalism […]Continue Reading

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Daily Trust Foundation trains journalists, others on book writing, editing, publishing

By The Insight Team September 29, 2023 191

By Emmanuel Kwada Daily Trust Foundation, a Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Media Trust Group, in collaboration with Mac Arthur Foundation, has organised a five-day workshop to train journalists and other categories of writers on how to write instructional materials, fiction and non-fiction books. The training instilled editing and publishing skills in the Continue Reading

Media Education

CJID, CIPE train journalists and CSOs on constructive and corrosive capital tracking

By The Insight Team May 12, 2023 274 0

By Daniel Adaji The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development with funding from the Center for International Private Enterprise CIPE, organised a three day experiencing sharing workshop for investigative journalists and civil society organisations on constructive and corrosive capital inflow in Nigeria. The workshop which held between 10 and 12 May 2023 in Abuja had Continue Reading

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Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono arrested, charged with incitement in Zimbabwe

By The Insight Team July 20, 2020 247 0

New York, July 20, 2020 – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release independent investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and drop the incitement charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At about 11 a.m. today, Chin’ono posted two short messages on his Twitter account, which are no longer available after his account was later Continue Reading

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My Covid-19 experience, by a journalist

By The Insight Team June 4, 2020 341 0

A journalist, Kabir Anwar, is the index case of Covid-19 in Yola, Adamawa State, where he works. In this short interview, Anwar tells his story from how he was infected to when he tested negative.   What ailment were you treating before you tested positive to Covid-19? Cough, fever, body weakness, I also had shortness […]Continue Reading

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Training Opportunity at Wits University on Media Freedom

By The Insight Team June 3, 2020 275 0

The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg has called for application for a free online journalism training.. The course would take place for a period of seven weeks and it would be titled “Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Africa”. The course is a free-of-charge MOOC (massive open online course) and it aims to […]Continue Reading

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Peace Journalism: A Tool to Fighting Boko Haram Insurgents in the Northeast Nigeria

By The Insight Team March 5, 2020 249 0

By Aondover Eric Msughter There is no doubt that the media have the capacity and moral obligation to create awareness and educate citizen about the counter and prevent act of terrorism by making them approachable enough so that every citizen can approach them with their suggestions about how to create a terrorism-free world. In reporting […]Continue Reading

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AIPC condemns murder of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed

By The Insight Team January 18, 2019 409 0

The African Investigative Publishing Collective (AIPC) has condemned the murder of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale of Tiger Eye media, calling for a thorough investigation to ensure the murderers are punished. Below is a full text of the statement issued this afternoon: PRESS STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF AHMED HUSSEIN SUALE The murder of Ahmed […]Continue Reading