In today's digital age, influencers have become important disseminators of news and wield significant influence in shaping public opinion. Recent studies, like the one conducted by the Reuters Institu...
Mercy Abang
Mercy Abang is the CEO of Hostwriter. She is also a journalist, media entrepreneur and an editor with Unbias the News. She’s worked both in Africa and in Europe. Mercy was a 2017 United Nations (Dag Hammarksjold) Journalism Fellow (amongst other fellowships). In 2021, she was announced as one of the most powerful women in journalism in Nigeria by Women in Journalism Africa. She studied journalism, digital storytelling, advertising and public relations at various levels and holds an MBA from the Berlin School of Business & Innovation.
Events IJF 2024
Media as an extractive practice: tackling the Western media’s effect on Global South journalism
The exploitative practices by Western media in the Global South, always present for the proper coverage of marginalized and vulnerable groups, capture groundbreaking events from communities when a dis...
The term diversity is now being used as a buzzword or an operative word that allows not just corporate entities but news organisations to tick boxes. But diversity is a question of quality. As we have...
Democracy is under threat in Africa. For decades, the continent has been associated with sit-tight dictators and one-party systems. For instance, seven of the world’s 10 longest-serving leaders are ...
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