The Daria Media has unveiled two unique initiatives targeted at
revolutionizing youthful participation in the journalism practice in Nigeria,
as the firm dangles scholarships calls, reports ITRealms.
The company, which is promoted by Kadaria Ahmed, former BBC
journalist, editor of 234next and host of the Channels TV talk show, Straight
Talk and The Core, will be holding a 3-city journalism training for aspiring
journalists. The 3 cities are Kano, where she went to school; Uyo, where she
served out her National Youth Service and Lagos where she works and calls home.
The training will pay especial attention to the worrisome
fake news phenomena and unwholesome PR gimmicks which have dogged the
journalism practice in recent times. It will underscore the urgent need to
rejuvenate the mass media towards practicing independent, competent, ethical
and socially responsible journalism more than ever before especially for those
reporting in/on Nigeria. It will also provide participants with a handle on how
to build commercially viable and sustainable media outfits as a means of
circumventing issues of ethics, professionalism and partisanship.
According to a statement from Daria Media, “The Daria
Workshop Series is a training platform for budding journalists; helping them to
connect to the reality of journalism practice, clear out illusions and identify
their unique niche and place in the continued existence of their field of
endeavour. The program will be delivered by trainers from Beyond Broadcasting,
Premium Times and Daria Media.”
Facilitators will include former BBC journalist Ben Williams
now with Beyond Broadcasting, a company that trains staff at Aljazeera, the BBC
and many other media houses around the globe; Dapo Olorunyomi, founder of
Premium Times and Kadaria Ahmed.
At the end of the training, 3 lucky female participants will
become the recipients of the inaugural Mamman Marshall Scholarship for Women in
Journalism. The scholarship is named after Kadaria Ahmed’s father who is
described as a forward-thinking man well ahead of his times.
Continuing the statement, Daria Media added that “The Mamman
Marshal Scholarship for Women in Journalism is instituted to celebrate a man,
who against the grain of his time educated his daughters; giving them an
advantage that sets them apart from their peers. This scholarship award, set up
by one of his daughters who has risen to become a reference point, a positive
image and an example against a backdrop of impossibilities and impediments in
the field of Journalism; is to honour her father and his extraordinary legacy.”
To participate in the training and become eligible to earn a
full undergraduate scholarship at the three participating schools; Bayero
University Kano, Lagos State Univeristy and the University of Uyo, interested students can apply by visiting
http://daria.media/training-programs/application-form/.
Entries open Monday November 6 and close Monday November 20,
2017.
Uju N. Dominic/GEE
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