Chances Brightens On FG Palliative For the Media
The chances for the expected palliatives from the government to the media amid the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on media business have brightened as the...
IPC Opens Help Lines For Journalists
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos- Nigeria has urged journalists and other media professionals that will be on the field for the coverage and...
IMS Canvass Media Involvement in Electoral Act Amendment
The Executive Director, Institute for Media and Society (IMS), Dr. Akin Akingbulu, has insisted that it is expedient for the media to be carried...
Experts Task Journalists On Building Strong Democratic Culture
The Executive Director, African Languages Technology Institute, Tunde Adegbola, has stressed the need for journalists to look beyond their immediate role and assist in...
Don’t Regulate Social Media, Editors Tell FG
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has called on the Federal Government to rescind its decision to regulate social media. The guild, in a communiqué...
Senate Proposes 3-year Jail For Social Media Violator
The Senate has reintroduced the bill to regulate social media in Nigeria with three-year imprisonment for violators. The Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations...
PRESS RELEASE: A Call Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
Lagos, Nigeria- 01 November 2019
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, joins the rest of the world of the freedom-loving world to call for...
FG Moves To Regulate Social Media Space
The Federal Government says it is working on how to inject sanity into the social media space which, according to it, is totally out...
Getting Away With Murder
Published October 29, 2019
Somalia is the world’s worst country for the fifth year in a row when it comes to prosecuting murderers of journalists,...
DSO: NBC To Begin Analogue Switch Off 2020
The National Broadcasting Commission says plans are underway to begin analogue switch off in six locations starting with Abuja, as from next year.
The commission...
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EU Funded Capacity Building Re-positions Women Broadcast Journalist in Digital Multimedia Story Telling
In response to the need to enhance the professionalism of women journalists in Nigeria through the improvement of skills, the Institute for Media and Society,...
World Press Freedom Day 2023
3rd May 2023
Lagos, Nigeria
IMS Calls for Protection of Journalists, Creation of an Enabling Environment, and Safeguarding of Democracy
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS,...
Media Guidelines for Disability-Inclusive Coverage of Elections in Nigeria
The media plays a critical role in Nigeria's democratic governance, providing fair, accurate, ethical, and inclusive coverage of electoral and broader democratic processes. However,...
Salient Contemporary Issues in Broadcasting: Legislative/Regulatory Reforms in Nigeria
Salient Contemporary Issues in Broadcasting: Legislative/Regulatory Reforms in Nigeria highlight the urgent need for reform in Nigeria's broadcasting sector and proposes comprehensive solutions.
The 1992...
International Women’s Day 2023
8th March, 2023
Lagos, Nigeria
IMS calls for Increased Capacity Building and Deepened Political
Participation of Women.
The Institute for Media and Society, IMS, has called on stakeholders...
