…Tasked Publishers on creativity, online journalism
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rassroots Publishers have commended Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa for sponsporing a one-day capacity building workshop for community Newspaper Publishers in Delta State. According to the Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network, National President, Dr Dan Awana who attended the workshop, he commended the government of Delta state,the Manager of Communication to Delta State Governor,Mr. Jackson Ekwugum and Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Ehiedu Aniagwu for organising such an important seminar for community Publishers in the state.
Dr Dike stated that community Publishers and their newspapers play an important role in the society because community Publishers are bridge between the decision making organs and the grassroots( people ).He said that by embarking on a project like this, the Publishers have been tasked on the need to create contents specifically targeted on their immediate environment and explore the limitless benefits of online and other social media platforms.
This much was the thrust of a one -day capacity building workshop organized at Asaba on Friday September 22 for publishers of community newspapers in Delta State by the press unit of Delta State Government.The workshop which had as its theme “Excellence in Publishing” was declared open by Mr. Jackson Ekwugum, the Manager of Communication to Delta State Governor,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.
Mr. Ekwugum who commended the indigenous publishers for reporting activities of the Okowa administration, expressed the desire of an improved working relationship between the state government and the media entrepreneurs.According to him, if publishers of community newspapers in Delta State are well established, it will create more jobs because “it falls under the micro credit empowerment policy of this administration”.
A Commonwealth Professional Fellow and Fellow,Nigerian Guild of Editors,Taiwo Obe who spoke on what is news and digital efficiency for profitable publishing, admonished the indigenous publishers not to compete with more established National media in terms of news contents, but to create contents that directly affect their immediate environment positively, so as to remain relevant in business.
BY : Ike Abiagom
Publisher :Newsbreeze Newspaper
