Leadership fellows charge women on impact journalism
By Franklin Ohaegbu/Florence Onuegbu
The Wole Soyinka Centre for lnvestigative Journalism (WSCIJ) ReportWomen 2025 Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) fellows have called on female journalists to delve on impact Journalism.
The fellows made the call in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the ReportWomen 2025 FRLP 6th Fellowship Induction and Award on Wednesday in Lagos.
Aisha Gambo, a Senior Correspondent at NAN, urged female journalists to make impact in the society through the stories they publish for public consumption.
Gambo said that all that was needed from the women was the zeal and determination to change the society for better.
“Female journalists should build capacity, dare to dream and also give your voice, so that you can make impact in the society,” she said.
The FRLP fellow described the programme as tasking and and interesting, but promised to report issues around women and amplify their voices.
Also, Mrs Christiana Alabi-Akande, the Managing Editor at DevReporting, said she was able to go through the programme with commitment and passion to push through.
Alabi-Akande thanked the mentors for their assistance at shaping the female journalists to take the profession with zeal.
“Every journalist should practice ethical journalism.
“We shouldn’t just go after brown envelopes, but our journalism practice should be impactful, should bring succour to the people, that will bring solutions to the problems bedeviling us as a nation,” she said.
Rasheedat Iliyas, the Manager, News and Current Affairs at Harmony FM, called on female journalists to always tell their stories, as no one would tell such for them.
“The men cannot understand us better than ourselves, they can only try.
“So,we need to go out there, tell the stories of women, women that are winning, women that are in the background, bring them to the fore.
“Issues of women should be put to the fore, we should have conversations, so that women voices will be heard, so that they will be listened to.
“So, I advise them to go all out there and let the representation be balance ,” Iliyas said.
Jemilat Nasiru, a Staff Writer at The Cable, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to be selected for the training, which she described as a springboard for her career, especially as an investigative journalist.
Nasiru urged female journalists to build confidence, have capacity and build competence, so as to deliver on journalism practice.
“You should build competence, capacity, so you can have confidence to stand in positions that are really important in the newsroom.
“There are some stories that you cannot tell except you are a woman, and it is very important for women to tell such stories so that they are properly told,” she said.
NAN reports that the ReportWomen! 2025 FRLP fellows include Aisha Gambo (NAN), Bilkis Abdulraheem (Bond FM), Chigozie Victor (Big Cabal Media), and Christiana Alabi-Akande (DevReporting).
Others are: Dana Zagi (Daily Trust), Gloria Attah (ClearView TV), Jemilat Nasiru (The Cable), Juliet Buna (Crest FM), Mary Agidi (The Hope), Melody Ishola (The Punch), Rasheedat Iliyas (Harmony) and Temitope Obayendo (Pharmanews).
NAN reports that Alabi-Akande won the first prize of laptop and N200,000 cash, Iliyas came second with a laptop and N100,000 cash, while Nasiru came third with a laptop and N50,000 cash. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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