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My Media Story: Sometimes, Journalists Should Stage a Walkout in Solidarity – Ámàká Okoyé, a Journalist on a Mission

Ámàká Okoyé is a moving ball on fire with spunk. Her energy, enthusiasm for life and her career is infectious as she touches everyone she meets, leaving you asking for more.
From covering the insurgency that began in the North East over a decade ago, which has taken on new dimensions, she takes us on a fast-paced media journey in a career that tells stories from across Nigeria, Africa, and to the rest of the world. A correspondent for DW, Deutsche Welle TV Germany, Ámàká Okoyé weaves a story like a thriller writer with a heart ❤️. In this Special Exclusive Interview with us at LightRay Media on the Nigerian Women in Media Project Series (#NWiMP), she takes us on her journey from her bushytail days to becoming an influential journalist of recon. Enjoy!

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories iThink! Super Conscious Woman Series , at July 13, 2023

My Media Story: Journalists Need to be Aware of Hidden Self-Sabotage and Impostor Syndrome Against their Career Actualisation – Bukola Coker, City People, WSCIJ Award Winner

Bukola Coker is a journalist whose gentle mien could easily fool you, but don’t be mistaken by it. As a presenter, reporter, and producer with Channels TV, her media trajectory across national TV stations in Nigeria is a blazing trail of success one media story at a time. An Award Winner of the Report Women Leadership Programme by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, she takes us on her journey in the media space, how she tackles on-line harrasment, exposes how many journalists are their own self-saboteurs, and a wealth of other great tips in this Special Exclusive Series on Nigerian Women in Media Project by LightRay Media.

By admin , in Ignite iThink! Super Conscious Woman Series , at June 28, 2023

My Media Journey: Collaboration in Journalism Creates Impact – Jim Hoge Reporting Fellow and OWM’s International Journalist of the Year Award Winner, Philip Obaji Jr.

While Phillip Obaji Jr.’s story began as a sports presenter on radio, his journey into investigative journalism is one that inspires books to be written and poetry to be penned down. A self-driven, unapologetic freelancer with a goal-setter mindset not averse to risk taking, he takes us on his media journey that led to his emergence as the Award Winner of One World Media’s International Journalist of the Year including his recent Jim Hurge’s Reporting Fellowship on our Special Exclusive Edition on Nigerian Men in Media Project Series by LightRay Media. Fasten your seat belt, join hands with us to say a big congrats to Obaji then read his amazing story unfolds before your eyes.

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories iThink! , at June 26, 2023

Remembering Nigeria’s Tallest Man Ever – Dr. Raphael James Pays Glowing Tribute

If you ask any Nigerian if there was ever a tallest Nigerian Man alive? Many will stare back at you blank. And yet, today, he is only recently remembered to have ever lived now that he has passed on.

Born in (1975), Afeez Agoro Oladimeji’s career spanned across being a model, an actor, and a reality TV Show Star.

Dr. Raphael has this to tell us in his tribute to the Tallest Man to have graced Nigeria in recent years.

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories iThink! , at June 16, 2023

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