October 11, 2021

Entries Open for 2021 Edition of AIPS Sport Media Awards

UNESCO Launches Artificial Intelligence Global Policy Portal with Partners

Republic of Korea to Host 2021 OGP Global Summit

Divisional Police Officer Batters JAMZ FM General Manager

Poynter’s IFCN, Facebook Grant Opens for Fact-Checkers Fighting Climate Misinformation

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Opens for Entries

Applications Open for Smithsonian Magazine Annual Photo Contest

Registration Opens for Eighth Global Fact-Checking Summit

NIPC Clinches First Position in the 2021 National FOI Compliance Ranking

Freedom Online Coalition Welcomes Luxembourg as its 34th Member

Nigerian Government Approves Policy for Deployment of 5G Network, Tasks NCC on Speedy Implementation

WSCIJ Invites Entries for the 16th Edition of its Investigative Reporting Awards

UNESCO Launches Global Toolkit on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

South Africa’s Khadija Patel Elected IPI Executive Board Chair, Nigeria’s Raheem Adedoyin Elected Member

International Literacy Day Conference Harps on Literacy, Digital Skills for Human-Centred Recovery

NBC DG Urges Newly Licensed Broadcasters to Comply with Broadcasting Code

Dele Giwa

MRA Demands Justice and Implementation of Court Order 40 Years after Dele Giwa’s Assassination

2026 IDUAI

Stakeholders Call for Stronger Enforcement to Strengthen FOI Implementation

Ayomide Eweje

MRA Programme Officer Calls for Gender-Responsive FOI Implementation

Edetaen Ojo

MRA Joins IFEX Members, Experts in Call for Global Moratorium on ‘Frontier AI’

Pelumi Onifade

Postmortem Report Confirms Journalist Pelumi Onifade Died from Gunshot to Abdomen

Cp Naziru Abdulmajid

Police Arrest, Arraign Five for Wearing ‘Tinubu Must Go’ T-shirt in Borno State

Sulemana Braimah

MFWA Calls on West African Governments to Provide True Access to Information for Citizens

Cordel Green

UNESCO Marks 25 Years of IFAP with Global Conference on AI and Information Accessibility

Usman Haruna

Journalist Raises Alarm Over Alleged Threat to Life, Family

Eze Anaba

NGE Raises Concerns over Growing Harassment, Prosecution of Journalists

Lisa Gibbs

Pulitzer Center Opens Rolling Grant Application for Journalists

Mrs Zainab Salihu Yabagi

Policemen Invade Radio Station, Arrest Staffers, Declare Journalist Wanted

Lynette Clemetson

Center for Journalists Opens Applications for Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship

Graciela Mochkofsky,

CUNY Journalism School Calls for Applications for AI Journalism Labs

Motunrayo Alaka

Call for Entries Open for 21st Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting

Siri Carpenter

The Open Notebook Opens Applications for 2027 Early-Career Fellowship Program

Katya Gorchinskaya

J·Index Maps Over 3,700 AI Adoption Cases Across Global News Media

Lisa Gibbs

Pulitzer Center Opens Applications for Machine Learning Reporting Grants

2026 Global Media and Information Literacy Week

UNESCO to Mark Global Media and Information Literacy Week with ‘We All Play a Part’ Campaign

Sally Wentworth

Internet Society Launches ‘Online Trust and Safety Hub’ to Help Users Navigate Digital Risks

Rasha Kelej

Merck Foundation Opens 2026 Media Awards for Diabetes and Hypertension Reporting

Wairagala Wakabi

Nigeria’s Expanding Digital Infrastructure Raises New Rights, Privacy and Inclusion Concerns, Says New Report

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

NITDA Warns Nigerians Against Sharing Sensitive Personal Information on AI Platforms

Graciela Mochkofsky

CUNY Invites Applications for 2027 AI Journalism Labs