{"id":3099,"date":"2016-12-09T15:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:19:07","slug":"nextmerge-train-nigerian-journalists-on-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2016\/12\/09\/nextmerge-train-nigerian-journalists-on-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"NextMerge Trains Nigerian Journalists On Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Bako<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna (Nigeria) &#8212; NextMerge, a team of IT professionals in Nigeria has trained 20 Journalists on blogging in Kaduna, northern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The training was supported by Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF), a media development organisation that supports Journalists, Media Organisations, CSOs, and promotes freedom of the press.<\/p>\n<p>NextMerge is currently working with AMDF to help journalists in the effective use of the internet and social media to showcase their journalistic values.<\/p>\n<p>The training was part of NextMerge&#8217;s effort at lending support to online journalism in Nigeria, with a view to strengthening robust multi-platform journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Team Leader of NextMerge, Stanley Odior who took the participating journalists through a practical session on how to start a blog, said as journalists it is was important that they not only moved with the trend, which was the digital way of reporting, but also understood its rudiments.<\/p>\n<p>He said owning a blog was not only for them to deliver any type of information, but professional news stories as soon as they break.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Aminu Abdulmalik from NextMerge encouraged fresh bloggers to set goals, determine their target audience, get involved with other bloggers and &#8220;ensure the quality of your information first. Most people go into blogging just for the money, but to be a successful blogger, don\u2019t monetise your blog at the beginning&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3105 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"271\" data-wp-pid=\"3105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1180-800x598.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A participant, Dominic Uzu, commended NextMerge for the decision to help Kaduna journalists acquire knowledge on blogging, charging other participants to embrace the opportunity so they could become professional bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinator of AMDF, Sekyen Dadik, said the training was aimed at encouraging journalists to be active to their responsibility of providing the public with factual and timely information, &#8220;since today everybody on the internet wants to do the job of a journalist by posting different information without fact&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She added that, journalism is evolving, hence the need for the journalists to join the train, &#8220;because time is coming when everything will be internet-driven and no journalist would like to be left behind&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She also enjoined every journalist to own a blog.<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() && current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Bako Kaduna (Nigeria) &#8212; NextMerge, a team of IT professionals in Nigeria has trained 20 Journalists on blogging in Kaduna, northern part of the country. 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