Knowing that many female reporters shy away from the technicalities of the extractives, Opeoluwa Akintayo of Sweetcrude Reports Media Limited organised a one-day training on energy beat reporting for thirty-four female journalism students at the Nigerian Institute of journalism (NIJ). Her intention was to bridge the gender gap in energy beat reporting. Opeoluwa Akintayo, who is the only female reporter at the Lagos branch of her organisation, … Read

Azeezat Olaoluwa, a news anchor, reporter and presenter with TVC News, took her female colleagues on a deliberate journey in transforming them into bold, assertive and intentional women who refuse to be deterred to reach the top and make a difference in their chosen career. She set off to encourage these women to step up on their careers by providing direct mentoring to them individually. The platform also enabled her to build a support … Read

Seeing that interns in her media organisation lacked the needed attention for a seamless transition to media practice, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, mentored seventeen interns. She engaged the interns on news writing skills needed to succeed in the journalism profession. She also exposed them to leadership and other modules that were taught at the training she attended with the WSCIJ earlier.  She created a networking platform where interns learn continuously … Read

Subsequent to the four days training, which opened the Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) Fellowship, Ejiro Umukoro implemented a number of related activities for her leadership project — including training and mentoring interns on gender reporting and career path options in the media industry and Mentor-A-School project to promote anti-secret cult gang awareness in two secondary schools. She also trained members of Nigeria… Read

Enato Isukul organised four trainings to sensitise the female journalists and interns on the importance of gender mainstreaming in newsrooms. There were a total of forty journalists and sixty-five interns in attendance at the meetings. The training focused on understanding gender issues, how to be relevant in the newsroom, and value driven leadership – with relevant materials and content necessary to help advance the careers of the participants… Read

Fidelia Agwuncha, a news reporter and anchor with TV360 Nigeria, became more conscious of the lack of basic reporting skills in interns, and the gender gap in reportage in her newsroom as a result of the FRLP Fellowship training. She thereafter committed to changing the orientation of young female journalists in her newsroom, particularly interns.She trained the interns on how to use new media for accurate news reporting and how to create gender.. Read

The need for female journalists to stay on top of their game in career and business using the new media platforms spurred Funmilayo Ogundare, who currently heads the education desk in ThisDay Newspapers, to organise a seminar tagged “Harnessing New Media Tools for Effective News Reporting in the Digital Age”. The one-day training, which was facilitated by two resource persons and a representative of a management staff at THISDAY, saw to the… Read

A Senior Associate (Content) and Abuja Correspondent for Pulse.ng, Goodness Adaoyiche’s impact in her newsroom will continue to resonate. She had realised from the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme that gender mainstreaming was not a priority at her media organisation.

Although, working remotely from the Lagos office meant distance from her colleagues, Goodness employed multiple social media tools… Read

The producer of ‘Big Story’ on Channels Television, Ini Victoria John-Mekwa, observed that the media seemed not to favour female resource persons. For this reason, her leadership project concentrated on populating newsrooms with more female resource persons. Her leadership project which spanned a period of three weeks featured a report on the poor representation of women in the legislature. Also, she was able to influence the inclusion… Read

Choosing to bridge the gap between the theoretical and practical phases existing in mass communication and journalism, Adejoke Fayemi, Head of operations, Ray Power 106.5 FM, organised a one-day workshop – Campus Media Connect. The participants, especially interns from her media house are now more professional in their approach and handling of stories. They also now have their gender lenses on and their on-air presence has… Read

It was very unsettling for Nneka Luke, a senior reporter, producer and presenter at Liberty Television and Radio Kaduna, seeing the interns in her newsroom unproductive and running errands for members of staff. She decided to make the period worthwhile for the 100+ interns. She took the bold step to organise training and mentoring programme for the interns, with the aim of equipping them with the needed journalism and leadership skills… Read

Theodora Aidoo, broadcast journalist and Head, News Department of Taabea Television, one of Ghana’s television station, decided to take the learning from the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) to female media students in Ghana. The objective is to instil self-worth in aspiring female journalists and to help them become more informed, innovative, and well poised for newsroom opportunities, through a capacity building… Read

Wemimo Adewuni is a multimedia journalist with Radio One 103.5 FM before moving to Nigeria Info 99.3 FM Lagos. She organised a one-day workshop for thirty-five participants from three stations: Bond FM, Radio One and Metro FM; and a one-month mentoring programme on WhatsApp to show the participants how much they could achieve if they intentionally work at it. On the WhatsApp group named ‘Intentional Journalists’, which she created… Read

The absence of a health plan for staff and given the rise of nursing mothers in her office, Yinka Olatubosun had a major concern about the safety of her colleagues at THISDAY situated on a high-risk neighbourhood (with a truck busy road leading to it) of Apapa, Lagos. , As such, she focused her leadership project on sensitising her colleagues on the need to develop a sense of security, while also calling on the management for a health care policy change… Read

Ruth Olurounbi erstwhile Business Editor, at Per Second News currently works as Media and Communication Manager with YIAGA AFRICA. In that capacity, she was able to influence the inclusion of a discourse on gender mainstreaming in training organised by YIAGA AFRICA for forty journalists. She also strengthened the resolve of young journalists pursuing a sustainable career in the media. As such, she trained a blogger and a youth corps member on … Read

Sharon Ijasan, a Labour and Education Correspondent for Television Continental (TVC) organised a training for newsroom staff on gender balance reportage. The training had in attendance two female producers and eight reporters. Her objectives were to educate the reporters on gender friendly language, to ensure that reporters make effort to mainstream gender, take leadership positions, and equally support women who are leaders in the newsroom… Read

Awoken to the domination of men in the society, and a saddening reflection of same in the newsroom, Stephanie Adams, a project officer at Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, Abuja, saw the need to share key lessons from the Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme (FRLP) with young ladies in her organisation. She organised a training tagged – Young Women in Leadership. Highlighting the successes of the step-down .. Read

Temitayo Ayetoto of BusinessDay Newspaper organised a one-day discussion session with her colleagues, to address the noticeable gender gap existing in the voices heard in news reports, which many reporters are either unconscious of or less concerned about. The participants, who were from key desks, including maritime, technology, real sector, agriculture and women magazine, made personal commitments to always make gender balance considerations… Read

Stemming from the urge to catch them young, Queen Esther Iroanusi, a journalist with Premium Times, took an exemplary path to empowering the students of Government Secondary School, Karu East with leadership skills, paying keen attention to self-esteem, communication skills, and personal hygiene. She conducted an evaluation assessment for the students at the end of the programme, and coincidentally, the winner was a girl. Her newsroom … Read