Toward Educating an Ethical Journalist

I spoke to Africa Independent Television at the one-day workshop on "the Roles of the Public and the Press Towards Peaceful Elections” hosted Tuesday, 13 December 2022, by the Center for the Study of African Culture and Communication (CESACC) at the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), in collaboration with the Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace and the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Rivers State Council, at the Ernest Ikoli Press Center, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. I represented and presented an address, “Towards Educating an Ethical Journalist,” on behalf of CIWA Rector Fr. Prof. Jude Abidemi Asanbe:

We live in interesting times; the era of fake news and alternative truth. The effect of living in a globalized world - with access to modern communication technologies, the internet, and the social media - is that even though these phenomena started in distant lands/far away places, they eventually get to our clime.         Today in Nigeria, with our elections coming up in early 2023, these issues have become our realities too.

Round Table: Nollywood, Religion, and Media

In collaboration with the Nollywood Media and Research Center (NOMAREC), Lagos, the Department of Communication Studies at the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), Port Harcourt, Nigeria, hosted a most engaging and insightful virtual round table on Nollywood and the media, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 to explore the rich and deep relationship between cinema and religion by discussing, on the one hand, Nollywood and the impact of religion on its films and filmmakers and, on the other hand, the place and role of the media in reporting the industry.