2/ Adejoke Fayemi of RaypowerNetwork, Kaduna, emerged the overall winner of 2018 #FRLP supported by @freepressunltd. Enato Isukul of Niger Delta TV and Ejiro LightRay Umukoro of Trend100.9fm were 2nd and 1st runners-up, respectively.

When Ikhide R. Ikheloa, a renowned literary critic and writer, posted on his Facebook wall: “African literature is suffering from a dearth of courageous innovation. Gifted, but timid writers are doing the same thing over and over again. Writing book after book after book that few

#DMIS24 #RNW Goal: 1. Get inspiring ideas. 2. Share ideas on how we can further reduce the echo chambers 3. What innovations there are. 4. Use AI to comverge social change, sexual and reproductive rights. 5. Identifying biases in different context 6. Content

#DMIS24 #RNW Ethics of AI: 1. What should be ethical? 2. Use of large language models: what are the re(sources)? 3. Information served still requires critical thinking. 4. Prompting needs to get better. 5. Awareness of echo chambers 6. Other AI Languages

#DMIS24 #RNW Question: 1. Is AI making students lazy? 2. How to use AI in digitally disadvantaged regions and communities. 3. What concerns about AI on elections should we all be worried about? 4. How are different organisations, including the media using AI?

#DMIS24 #RNW Question: 1. AI use in images that are not representative of the communities served 2. How to evolve with AI considering the harm it can cause? 3. Is AI making all smarter or more of the same? 4. Is AI making us more lazy? 5. AI beyond ChatGPT

#DMIS24 #RNW AI IN ACTION: 1. AI should be looked at more consciously and intentional use. 2. Automate SEO, deployed in social change. 3. Change makers stories: on sexual reproductive health. 4. Use in counselling, referrals, engagement, etc.

#DMIS24 #RNW AI IN ACTION: What are the ways AI can positively impact social issues for a social course? 1. IMages on shutter stock/Google images are 'white only' & often not representatives of all ethnicity 2. Domesticate Content creation with Copilot/MetaAI

#DMIS24 #RNW USES OF AI TOOLS/CAPABILITIES 1. Marketing 2. Leveraging human jobs 3. SEO friendly topics 4. Catalyst for creativity& productivity 5. Makes us more agile 6. Language tasks capabilities 7. AI should serve/ align with orgs goals 8. People-centred

#DMIS24 #RNW Takeaways: 1. Roll our AI master class 2. AI powered listening tools 3. Disinformation checkers. 4. Check list for AI operational practices and Disinformation management 5. AI is a partnership BTW humans and machines.

WHY POLICE BRUTALITY AND UNLAWFUL ARREST AND DETENTION AS A EPIDERMIC IN NIGERIA NEEDS PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION Hon. Abdullahi laid a petition on behalf of a complainant against the Nigeria Police on alleged unlawful arrest and detention. lightraymedia.org/2024/10/16/nig…

We celebrate our #ReportWomen fellows, Ejiro LightRay Umukoro (2018), Elfredah Kevin (2019) & Blessing Oladunjoye (2023) on this continental recognition by African Investigative Journalism Conference & Wits Centre for Journalism. Congrats, 'Kúnlé 🧩 of HumAngle_ (Winner, Online category, #WSAIR2021) & Ajibola Amzat of Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism

As the African Investigative Journalism Conference 2024 kicks off, collaborative journalism takes center stage, seeking to address pressing challenges facing West African journalists. Speakers: Ajibola Amzat 'Kúnlé 🧩 Ejiro LightRay Umukoro (moderator) Economy Post lightraymedia.org/2024/10/23/col…

When we discovered that in Abuja, only two major fuel stations provide CNG to motorists, and it price gourging within that space, we carried out this investigation at #LightRayMedia. #cng #alternativeenergy #gas #extractiveindustry lightraymedia.org/2024/10/25/com…

Thank you deeply from our hearts Lekan Otufodunrin for all U keep doing with MediaCareerDevelopmentNetwork! Thank you 4 this award in recognition of our investigative journalism work, media training& mentorship at LightRay! Media (LightRay Media) Noah Aderoju brought the award to me

We at LightRay! Media (LightRay Media) are proud to be part of the only West African Investigative Journalism and Innovation Dev Conference in the region: #MDC24, #MediaDevCon24, and #CJIDat10 Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development Dapo Olorunyomi Busola Ajibola Osaruonamen Ibizugbe Premium Times