THE SUMMIT ON
FUNCTIONAL SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR JOURNALISTS – GARDEN CITY EDITION
THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2014 VIONTEL HOTEL, 86 STADIUM ROAD, ELEKAHIA, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA O RG A N I S E R S
S P O N S O R
PA R T N E R
8.00-9.29 am
Arrivals/Networking
9.30 am
Let’s get the show on the road – Richard O Ikiebe Director, Centre for Leadership in Journalism, School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.
9.45 am
IN AID OF CAPACITY BUILDING – Phillips Oduoza, Group MD/CEO UBA Group
10.00 am
DISRUPTION & PASSION - Taiwo Obe, Founder/Manager, EverythingJournalism Group, LinkedIn.com. Director, The Journalism Clinic. Nigeria Director, Innovation Media Consulting. Commonwealth Fellow, 2014. Extremely passionate about raising the next generation of worldclass journalists in Nigeria.
10.30 am
GET YOUR MoJo UP AND RUNNING - Arthur Kunle Falayi is a certified multimedia and investigative journalist who has won six awards in 2014 alone for reports on various subjects ranging from corruption, child abuse and health. He was the overall winner of the 2014 Promasidor Quill Awards, winning also in the education, children’s categories. His awards in the 2014 Rotary International Human Rights Awards were on water & sanitation and education. Just his week, he got the 2014 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting in the Print Category. Skilled in video editing, audio editing and voice over, he works with the Punch Nigeria Saturday PUNCH.
11.00 am
SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL ORGASM. Pelu Awofeso, Travel journalist, travel book author and past winner of the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards in the Tourism category. He is currently promoting @TravelNextDoor (www.travelnextdoor.com), a domestic tourism project exclusively driven by social-media. TL:@PeluAwofeso
11:30 am
THE INTERNET OF THIEVES - Shina Badaru, Award-winning ICT journalist and Founder/
Editor, Technology Times NOON
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm
SOCIAL MEDIA AND 2015 ELECTIONS -Rosemary A Ajayi, Digital story-teller and content provider, until recently Technical Assistant (Strategic Communications) to the Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria, Dr Kayode Fayemi
1:30 pm
VERIFY. VERIFY. VERIFY. - Dapo Olorunyomi, Editor-in-Chief/Managing Director, Premium Times, Nigeria’s online newspaper reputed for breaking news and investigative reports. Past recipient of the International Editor of the Year Award. Was Enterprise Editor at Next Newspapers. Founder, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
2:00 pm
MOBILE OR PERIL - Emeka Okoye, Software Developer, CEO Vikanti Nigeria Limited
2:30 pm
BROADCASTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE - Wale Ajayi, Head, Department of Mass Communication, Lagos State Polytechnic and New Media Specialist
3:00 pm
SOCIAL BANKING - Dr Adeyinka Adedeji, Divisional Head, eBanking, UBA Group.
3:30 pm
BEYOND AGGREGATION - Stanley Azuakola, publisher and editor of TheScoopNg.com, Nigeria’s first exclusive politics and policy online newspaper. His career is focused on harnessing the power of the media to influence minds, rally citizens and effect change in Nigeria.
4.00 pm
EMERGING TRENDS IN MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE - Lekan Otufodurin, Managing Editor, Online, The Nation and media career development specialist
4:30 pm
LESSONS LEARNT AND GOING FORWARD -Richard O Ikiebe
Getting
Nigerian Journalists on the Social Media bus CO-ORDINATION: EverythingJournalism group, a cyber hangout on the professional network, LinkedIn, for serious media professionals and consumers of media messages, in association with its adjunct, The Journalism Clinic, with a vision to raise and nurture the next crop of first-rate journalists in Nigeria. TARGET: Journalists, bloggers, students of media studies and journalism, media executives and everyone interested and concerned about the future of journalism in Nigeria, particularly in the context of evolving digital technologies. PREMISE & PURPOSE: Quite many Nigerian journalists are absent from the social media; leaving the terrain overrun by a lot of people who may not be bothered by the cherished values of journalism. This summit, first held at the UBA House, Lagos, on 20 February, is geared towards getting more of the journalists social media savvy. Live streaming on Twitter - (@Clinic4Journos, #NGJournalists and conversations will continue on the EverythingJournalism group.
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