Balancing editorial decisions with ethics
Editorial judgement is tricky. We do not have prescriptive guidelines to assist editors in arriving at a fair, responsible and professional decision t
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Why scepticism is healthy for the news media
Sometime in 1983, President Shehu Shagari launched his re-election campaign in Gboko, Benue State. He chose the town to honour one of the founders and
Breaking the rules of good reportage
L et us begin this column about communication from the obvious. We are in this because we are communicators. No, we are not just communicators but mas
The goofs again and again
All newspaper editors dream of waking up the next morning to find sparkling perfect copies of the issue of their newspapers for the day. No headline e
Ikemba of Nnewi?
Anglicising Nigerian names has a long history. Still, it does not make it right. It probably resulted from a lazy habit in the news media. Well, someo