Yemisi Izuora
The MHNG Network in
partnership with the School of Media and Communications (SMC) of the Pan Atlantic University, PAU, has trained some Nigerian journalists in the art of interview.
The training aimed at broadening the skill of journalists in the area of conducting interviews.
The convener of the media initiative and the CEO of Urban 10 Hub Limited, Miss Rosemary Egabor, speaking at the training session observed that the art of interviewing is one of the most important skills that a journalist requires to expand on information, clarify facts and see things from different perspectives.
Egabor, further notes that the training was important because
interviews are used to expand upon the basic “who, what, where, how, when
and why” of newsgathering in whatever beat a journalist may cover, and that it is the information gathered and dispersed that the public relies and acts on.
According to her, the workshop was a response to the need of the Nigerian media for capacity building to make it respond to global best practices and serve the needs of an emerging economy like Nigeria.
On his part, the dean of the School of Media and Communication, Dr.
Ikechukwu Obiaya, applauded the initiative, stressing that it specifically aligned
very much with the school’s mission of providing training for media professionals to enable them pursue their calling of service to human
cultures with a sense of creativity, skill, knowledge and values.
Twenty-five Journalists drawn from different media houses were nominated to attend the workshop, which was fully sponsored by the MHNG Network.
The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Obiaya and Dr. Joseph Bel-Molokwu both of PAU.
The MHNG Network was founded by Urban 10 Hub Limited, one of Nigeria’s growing PR companies, in 2016. The primary goal of the MHNG is to promote
professionalism in the media through journalism network programmes that bring together professionals from across all media platforms to network,
debate and engage with national and global issues that are of importance to the Nigerian media industry.
MHNG network also uses its social media platforms/online community to promote media related activities and
campaigns.
Through its partnerships, the network seeks to build
capacity and promote best practices in the media.
The network believes
that a strong media will ultimately result in a strong PR because PR is all about story telling.