Indigenous publishers tasked on creativity, online journalism

Publishers of community newspapers in Delta State have been tasked on the need to create contents specifically targeted on their immediate environment and explore the limitless benefits of online and other social media platforms.

This much was the thrust of a one -day capacity building workshop organized at Asaba on Friday September 22 for publishers of community newspapers in Delta State by the press unit of Delta State Government.

The workshop which had as its theme “Excellence in Publishing” was declared open by Mr. Jackson Ekwugum, the Manager of Communication to Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. 

Mr. Ekwugum who commended the indigenous publishers for reporting activities of the Okowa administration, expressed the desire of an improved working relationship between the state government and the media entrepreneurs.

According to him, if publishers of community newspapers in Delta State are well established, it will create more jobs because “it falls under the micro credit empowerment policy of this administration”.

A Commonwealth Professional Fellow and Fellow,Nigerian Guild of Editors,Taiwo Obe who spoke on what is news and digital efficiency for profitable publishing, admonished the indigenous publishers not to compete with more established National media in terms of news contents, but to create contents that directly affect their immediate environment positively, so as to remain relevant in business.

The veteran journalist whose vision is to raise the next generation of first -rate Nigerian journalists, tasked the media proprietors to explore the boundless advantages of online journalism and other social media platforms.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Ehiedu Aniagwu who spoke on"objectivity Vs Editorializing (A case study of the S.M.A.R.T. Agenda) tasked the participants to keep tab on local laws and regulation in their reportage so as to be objective in their contents.                 

Fresh Angle International can report that the workshop which was attended by newspaper publishers across the three senatorial districts in Delta State also featured resource persons such as Chido Nwakanma, Ogbenyi Egbe and a representative of Shimite Bello, Executive Secretary of Delta State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises' Development Agency.

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