Press statement
For
immediate release
July 11, 2019. Lagos.
BOOK ON ‘MEDIA AND ELECTIONS' BY LANRE AROGUNDADE SET
FOR LAUNCH
…Media
stakeholders, Industry gurus, Government dignitaries, Diplomatic corps, Royal
Fathers, to grace event.
The Nigerian media landscape is set to be buoyed by the addition of a
new practical oriented and professionally
focused election reporting book authored
by Lanre Arogundade, the Director of
the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos.
The book, titled, ‘Media and
Elections: Professional Responsibilities of Journalists' is written
in the context of enhancing the understanding of journalists on their ethical
and professional obligations, regulatory obligations, public interest and good
governance obligations during electoral processes and elections.
It is schedule for public presentation
and launch on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Eko FM
MultiPurpose Hall, Radio Lagos/LTV premises, Agidingbi, Ikeja-Lagos from 11am.
The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu shall be the Special Guest of Honour and Chief Presenter, while Mr. Kunle Ajibade, Executive Editor of The
News magazine, will be the reviewer at the event, which will be chaired by Senator
Babafemi Ojudu. The list of special guests of honour and co-presenters include
the Presidents of Nigeria Guild of Editors, the
Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria. Others are executives of media institutions and
regulatory agencies, editors, media scholars and academics and leaders of media
development groups.
The launch
event is also expected to be graced by top government dignitaries including the Governors of Lagos, Ondo and Ekiti or
their representatives, eminent
lawyers, royal fathers, members of the Diplomatic Corps and a diversity of media,
democracy and civil society actors.
The Author, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, says
the book derives from his diverse experience as a print, broadcast and online
reporter and editor, trainer of journalists, editor of media resource books,
press freedom advocate and media development expert in Nigeria and West Africa.
"AlI I have tried to do is to offer a book that serves the purpose of providing
practical understanding on the essentials of professional media reportage of elections
and the democratic processes”, adds Mr. Arogundade.
The author, who has previously edited
media resource books such as Public Procurement Reporting Guide, Budget &
Corruption Reporting: A media audit; Guidelines and Resources on Investigative
Journalism; We Speak for Us: A New Experience in Advocacy Work; The Ethics
Handbook; Guidelines on Conflict and Election Reporting; Freedom of Information
and Civil Society and Union Rights of Female Journalists, is a co-recipient of
the maiden press freedom award of the West African Journalists Association (WAJA)
1999. He was also conferred with the ‘Defender of press freedom’ award by Nigeria Union
of Journalists (NUJ) in 2018.
Signed
Sanmi Falobi
Programme
Manager,
International
Press Centre (IPC), Lagos.
080-2362-6281
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