The
Global Editors Network (GEN), a cross-platform community of more than
1000 Editors-in-Chief, has rated the Voice of Nigeria (VON) high among equals
at it emerged the best 3 media
organizations in the Nigeria Editors Lab competition 2014, reports ITRealms.
This
ranking according to information made available to ITRealms by an Assistant Director, News
at VON, Mr. Tony Ekata, came in the wake of the competition which ended in
Lagos recently.
According
to Ekata, VON emerged as first runner-up to the winning team, Vanguard
Newspapers of Nigeria in the 2-day contest, displacing the University of Lagos
Mass Communication Department, which came 2nd last year, to 3rd position.
He noted that Vanguard won with a prototype
called Ebola Go; an information app which gives the users relevant information on
Ebola such as news, write ups, photos, videos, data etc.
The Vanguard project, ITRealms gathered is web, mobile and SMS
based.
+Remmy Nweke +Tony Ekata #HackAgainstEbola
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