{"id":4399,"date":"2018-09-03T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T13:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:02:20","slug":"maureen-sheyin-is-amdf-journalist-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2018\/09\/03\/maureen-sheyin-is-amdf-journalist-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Maureen Sheyin is AMDF Journalist of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maureen Sheyin reports for Freedom Radio Kaduna, North West Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>She was born on 25 August, 1981 and hails Kaura Local Government in Kaduna state.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen began her higher education from Bayero University Kano where she obtained a Diploma in Mass Communication, then she proceeded to Kaduna Polythecnic for a Higher National Diploma, in same course.<\/p>\n<p>In her 14 years of practice, she covers health, energy, and politics. In her words: &#8220;My favourite beat is health while the most challenging is politics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have gained more knowledge in the field especially on issues of material health, all thanks to the many training opportunities I have enjoyed\u00a0 from Development Communications Network (DevComs), Family Health Advocates Nigeria Initiative (FHANI) and Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maureen said &#8220;the inspiration to be a journalists came from my uncle who was a journalist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As with most professions, Maureen has contended with challenges of being a female journalist, &#8220;there are times when sources withheld information asking me to give in to there request&#8221; not deterred she admits, &#8220;my passion for the job is keeping me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She advices upcoming journalists especially the female journalists to remain focused in the face of challenges.<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>Maureen Sheyin reports for Freedom Radio Kaduna, North West Nigeria. She was born on 25 August, 1981 and hails Kaura Local Government in Kaduna state. Maureen began her higher education&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2018\/09\/03\/maureen-sheyin-is-amdf-journalist-of-the-month\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journalists-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12987,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/12987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}