Why we’re celebrating media elders — Journalism Clinic

LAGOS— The Journalism Clinic has concluded plans to observe and admit Nigeria’s media elders, who are 70 and above, for their contributions to the profession.

Founder and Director of the hub, Taiwo Obe, successful a connection titled ‘From Stories to Legacy: A Day of memories and thanksgiving for Nigeria’s quality media elders’, stated that the lawsuit is tagged ‘Appreciation Day’.

Billed to clasp contiguous astatine the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, successful Ogba, Lagos, Obe said the juncture would beryllium “a time of remembrances and reunions arsenic dozens of Nigeria’s quality media elders (aged 70 and above) converge connected the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos.”

According to him, the Centre for Research Information Management and Media Development, CRIMMD, Library and Museum volition signifier a mini accumulation of immoderate works of immoderate of the elders.

He said: “It’s simply to convey these elders – astir 68 of them – for working, implicit the years, to inform, amended and entertain our people, with small respect for celebrating themselves.”

Apart from the aged media personalities, different guests, including Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Information and National Orientation Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Idris and Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commissioner, NCC, Dr Aminu Wada Maida – whose precocious father, Wada Maida, was an Editor-in-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, – are besides expected astatine the ceremony.

“We besides invited immoderate existent media leaders and media scholars to the event, with the anticipation that they tin larn a fewer lessons from the reflections of the elders. It volition beryllium a time of nostalgia and thanksgiving,” Obe added.

The station Why we’re celebrating media elders — Journalism Clinic appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.