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NIGERIA`S MEDIA WATCHDOG
Diamond Publications Limited is a dynamic publishing company that has distinguished itself in magazine and book publishing since its incorporation in 1989. Its main products are focused on the Nigerian media.
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Lessons from a hoax
 Looking back, John Momoh, chief operating officer of Channels TV, can almost pinpoint the darkest moment of his station since it began transmission 13 years ago. Since the station was established, it had earned a track record of professionalism and credibility in news reportage, a feat that enabled it win several local and international awards.
But on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, that record was shattered. The station carried a news flash which read, “News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is reporting that President Yar'Adua could resign on health grounds after his proposed cabinet reshuffle. The news was sourced and attributed to NAN, a government owned agency.
To the station, that was genuine news because NAN, a government news wire service, should have access to such privileged information. To many of the station's viewers at the time the report was aired, such a story was credible, after all there was already the rumour that Yar'Adua was planning to resign from office to take good care of himself after undergoing medical surgery. Apart from Channels, two major international news services, the Agence France Presse (AFP) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) also ran the story... | Read more
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The United Nations Children's Fund has named Channels Television as the winner of its 2008 International Children's Day of Broadcasting award in Nigeria.
The station's entry, “ICDB 2007 - The World We Want,” won the regional award. The station will join other regional winners from Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Nepal, Peru and the United Arab Emirates on November 20 18 at a ceremony in New York in New York, where the final winner will be announced.
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How to Get the Press on Your Side
Editors and producers have the tremendous challenge of coming up with new stories to fill their pages and air slots-day after day. It is not always easy to fill all that space. So, it makes their lives easier when stories come to them.
Editors and producers, therefore, will be delighted to hear from people who can present themselves as serving the community, rather than merely trying to seek publicity and make profits.
But don't expect the media to drop everything and report on you. Remember, you activity must blend with the media goals of reporting news and serving the community. Editors and producers shy away from blatantly promotional pieces. ..| Read more
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 The Author and the Book
Oluremi Obasanjo was born in Abeokuta where she received her primary and secondary school education. She later studied Institutional Management in England before embarking on a rewarding career in the hospitality industry.
Bitter-Sweet: My life with Obasanjo, is the engaging story of a green-eyed Abeokuta girl, who married a soldier and witnessed the extreme realities of tender love and brutal nonchalance, of dedication and indifference. It is the story of a wife and mother, a participant-observer who “witnessed many things about the nature of power—its allure, use and misuse.”
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Ambassador Christopher Kolade in Britain
Today, media goodwill is perhaps at its lowest ebb. The respect and adoration from society that the fourth estate of the realm used to take for granted seems to have vanished. For the anger of the society against our so called iniquities has translated into falling sales figures and dwindling revenues from adverts. Is it that the society no longer needs information and has tuned off completely? No. rather, this is the digital age and our patrons who used to idolize us are perhaps getting better service elsewhere, for the same products and at minimal cost to them such as from the internet and the mobile phone...| Read more
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Holder of treasured vessels, New York, August 8, 2008. & Lagos Traffic Control Officers at work, National Stadium, Lagos, June 18, 2008.
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18 Sentences, 60 Errors
Just as the mass media constitute a showcase for their societies, so do the messages they produce constitute a showcase for their media organisations, the reason why media writers, amongst other media professionals, need to ensure that whatever they compose is right, as much as possible. And that boils down to reducing errors of writing to the barest minimum. To be sure, perfection is impossible; but excellence is achievable, if we work hard at it... |Read more
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