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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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Picking the winners
 Whatever is the gain to these select individuals to retreat from family, business and social activities to a weekend of intense consideration of media works done the previous year is not material. Their satisfaction is the fulfillment in giving back to the mass media industry values the mass media taught them. These are experienced communications professionals, having made their mark in their chosen fields of mass communication are meeting to bring recognition to others through a rigorous selection process. They are the judges of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (D.A.M.E.). | 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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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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Still active in old age
 Uncle Theodora (Ted) Mukoro made a great name as one of the earliest advertising practitioners in Nigeria. He also made a name as the first headmaster in the famed TV programme, “Village Headmaster”.
Born October 4, 1928 in Warri, Delta State, Mukoro had wanted to be a catholic priest but was deprived by faith. His education was purely in the catholic seminary. He attended St. Theresa's Minor Seminary in Oke Arin, Ibadan and later studied Homiletics Classicism in a major seminary...| Read more
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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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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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MEDIA WORLD YEAR BOOK ADVERT RATE |
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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