Art Exhibition - Monday 24th July, 2023
Date | Time | Activities | Facilitators | Panelists/Partners |
24th July | 8 am-2:00 pm | Arrival | CJID | |
24th July | 6:00 pm-8:00 pm | Art Exhibition & Fundraising Event
Safe4Press: Shining a Light on The Dark Side of Journalist Safety and Press Violation (Art Exhibition) | CJID/Media Freedom Team | HBS, Embassies, Media Organisations, Corporate Entities |
Day 1 - Tuesday 25th July, 2023
Date | Time | Activities | Moderators | Speakers |
25th July | 8:00am–9:00am | Registration/Black Carpet | CJID Secretariat | |
25th July | 9:00am–9:10am | Welcome to WAJIC | Tobi Oluwatola, Executive Director, CJID
Tolulope Adeleru-Balogun, News Central TV | |
25th July | 9:10am–9:20am | Welcome Address | Dapo Olorunyomi CEO, CJID/Publisher Premium Times | |
25th July | 9:20am-10:20am | Goodwill Messages | Dr Kole Shetimma, Africa Director, MacArthur Foundation
Chairman, Trust TV/Head of the National Media Complaints Commission Toyin Akinniyi, Africa Co-Director, Luminate
Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Abuja
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25th July | 10:20am-10:30am | Photographs | ||
25th July | 10:30am-11:00am | TEA BREAK & NETWORKING | ALL | |
25th July | 11:00am-12:00pm | Conversation: Journalism and the Challenge of Innovation | Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher, Premium Times/CEO CJID | Richard Gingras, Vice President, News, Google |
25th July | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Panel Session: Artificial Intelligence, Digital | Joshua Olufemi, Founder and Publisher, Dataphyte | Serena Stelitano, Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism
David Adeleke, Africa Editor, Rest of the World
Ayantola Alayande, CJID Digital Tech Consultant
Chris Guess, Duke Reporters Laboratory |
25th July | 1:00pm -2:15pm | Breakout Sessions | ||
Workshop 1 | Data, Insight, and Business of Journalism | Adenike Aloba, Program Director, Dataphyte | Richard Gevers, Director/Founder, Open Cities Lab, South Africa
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Workshop 2 | AI and Tech Tools for Newsrooms
| Akintunde Babatunde, Program Director, CJID | Chris Guess, Duke Reporters Laboratory
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Workshop 3 | Paper Presentation:
Dr. Wumi Morolake (PhD), Dean of the School of Journalism and Digital Media, University of the Gambia
| Chair, Prof Umar Pate, Kashere University, Nigeria Moderator: Dr Williette James, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone | Dr Tunde Akanni, Lagos State University Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, Legon | |
25th July | 2:15pm-3:30pm | Lunch & Networking | ALL | |
25th July | 3:30pm-3:40pm | Campus Journalism Project (A documentary) | CJID | |
25th July | 3:40pm-4:40pm | Panel session:
| Prof. Abiodun Adeniyi, Deputy Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Baze University, Abuja | Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, Legon
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4:40pm-5:00pm | Closing Remarks | Dr. Tobi Oluwatola, Executive Director, CJID |
Day 2 - Wednesday 26th July, 2023
Date | Time | Activities | Moderators | Speakers |
26th July | 8:00 am | Arrival/Registration | CJID | |
26th July | 9:00am–9:10am | Welcome | Kayode Okikiolu, Channels Television
Shamima Muslim, Founder, Alliance for Women in Media Africa, Ghana | |
26th July | 9:10am-10:20am | Panel session 1:
| Shamima Muslim, Founder, Alliance for Women in Media Africa, Ghana | Jake Ekpele, CEO, The Albino Foundation Noel Balogun, Co-founder, GRID Initiative Mida Haruna Tsamanni, Executive Director, Haly Hope Foundation Abosede George-Ogun, Founder, Women in Leadership Advancement Network |
26th July | 10:20am-10:50am | Tea Break & Networking | All | |
26th July | 10:50am-12:10pm | Panel Session 2:
| Musikilu Mojeed, Editor in Chief, Premium Times | Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, BusinessDay
Toun Okewale Sonaiya, CEO, Women Radio Fran Scarlett, Principal, Scarlett Ink Media Deji Adekunle, MDIF, Rosemary Egabor-Afolahan, Head of Commercial, News Central TV Ayo Adewuyi, Executive Director News, NTA |
26th July | 12:10pm-12:20pm | Heads Up: Innovating for Press Safety | Lawal Bakare, CEO Safetity | |
26th July | 12:20pm-1:30 pm | Panel Session 3:
Regulations and Spaces for Press Freedom Advocacy | Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director, International Press Centre | Eugenia Abu, Member, National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC) Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, Director General National Broadcasting Commission, Nigeria Muheeb Saeed, Media For West Africa, Ghana
Ahmed Sahid Nasralla - Sierra Leone Association of Journalists Obioma Okonkwo, Head, Legal Department, Media Right Agenda |
26th July | 1:30pm-2:50 pm | Breakout Sessions | ||
Workshop 1 | Media in West African Elections: Observation, Reporting, and Polling | Mboho Eno, Deputy Director, Accountability Program, CJID | Chukwuemeka B, Eze, ED, West Africa Network for Peace Building Grant Masterson, Head of Programme: Governance Institutions and Political Processes, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa Kojo Pumpuni Asante (PhD), Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement, Ghana Centre for Democratic Development Samson Itodo, ED, YIAGA Africa | |
Workshop 2 | Journalism in Conflict Zones | Busola Ajibola, Deputy Director, Journalism Program, CJID | Natalia Antelava, Co-Founder Coda Media (The Reckoning Project: Documenting War Crimes using the Powers of Storytelling) Kunle Adebajo, Head of Investigation, HumAngle Jude Ilo, Senior Director for Advocacy at the Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) Lawal Bakare, CEO, Safetity | |
Workshop 3 | Innovative Trends in Verification | Caroline Anipah, Deputy Director, Media and Literacy, CJID | Caroline Anipah, Deputy Director, Media and Literacy, CJID
David Ajikobi, Nigeria Editor, Africa Check Opeyemi Kehinde, Editor, FactCheck-Hub Monsur Hussain, Innovation Lead, CJID | |
26th July | 2:50pm-3:50 pm | LUNCH | ||
26th July | 4:00pm-5:40pm | How can Technology and Innovation be Leveraged for Democratic Accountability? | Maupe Ogun-Yusuff, Channels TV | Richard Gingras, Google News Motunrayo Alaka, CEO/ED Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism
Dapo Olorunyomi, CEO, CJID/Publisher PT
Richard Gevers, Director/Founder, Open Cities Lab, South Africa
Toyin Akinniyi, Africa Director, Luminate
Bilal Randeree, Media Development Investment Fund |
26th July | 5:40pm-5:50pm | Closing Remarks | Prof Umaru Pate, Chairman, CJID Board | |
5:50pm–6:00pm | Photographs | Kayode Okikiola and Shamima Muslim |