{"id":5761,"date":"2019-11-22T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:45:32","slug":"amdf-announces-3-finalists-for-its-journalists-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2019\/11\/22\/amdf-announces-3-finalists-for-its-journalists-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"AMDF Announces 3 Finalists For its Journalists of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Panel of Judges for the 2019 AMDF Journalist of the Year Award, led by Mr. Joseph Edegbo, Managing Editor of Africa Prime News has named 3 finalists for this year\u2019s award. They are: Adie Vanessa Offiong of the Daily Trust Newspapers; Banjo Damilola of Sahara Reporters and Oladeinde Olawoyin of the Premium Times.<\/p>\n<p>An honorary Lifetime award for journalistic excellence will be presented to distinguish media veteran \u2013 Mr. Akin Jimoh, Project Director of Development Communications Network (DevComs) Lagos; for his immeasurable contribution to promotion of development journalism in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Panel said, \u201cafter painstakingly assessing the entries, we can boldly say these 3 finalists have ethically and professionally demonstrated their callings. They have gone beyond shallow work to an issue-based journalism, which brings to fore key development issues and the need for action to address such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to an era where journalists in Africa will understand, and go deep into development journalism, which will have positive impact on the society and the drive towards Sustainable Development Goals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The award presentation where the winner, runner-up and commended work will be announced is scheduled to hold at 4pm on 10<sup>th<\/sup> December 2019 at Asaa Pyramid Hotel, Kaduna, Nigeria, venue of the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Africa Conference on Development Journalism (#ACDJ2019) holding from 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 12<sup>th<\/sup> December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>##<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AMDF Journalist of the Year Award was first introduced in 2016 to promote the culture of in-depth development journalism in the Nigerian media space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Africa Conference on Development Journalism (#ACDJ) is an annual gathering of journalists and other media stakeholders introduced to serve as avenue for exchange of ideas that will address current and emerging issues facing Development Journalism. It is also meant to create a community of learning that will support the growth of Development Journalism in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ORGANISATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) is a Media Development Organisation that promotes and strengthens the media and provides professional support to journalists in Africa. It registered with Nigeria\u2019s Corporate Affairs Commission in 2014. More about AMDF can be found on its website <a href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\">https:\/\/amdf-centre.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Signed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iliya Kure<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>Africa Media Development Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna &#8211; Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>+234 (0) 805 432 7531<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { 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 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Panel of Judges for the 2019 AMDF Journalist of the Year Award, led by Mr. Joseph Edegbo, Managing Editor of Africa Prime News has named 3 finalists for this&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2019\/11\/22\/amdf-announces-3-finalists-for-its-journalists-of-the-year-award\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-press-release-communique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761","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=5761"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12847,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5761\/revisions\/12847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}