The independent judging panel of the 2015 CNN MultiChoice
African Journalist Awards has named five Nigerians among the nominees for this
year’s awards.
The nominees from Nigeria are Femi Asu, Punch Newspaper, Adewale
Olugbenga Emosu, tribuneonlineng.com,
Ibanga Isine, Premium Times Newspaper, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Blogger at ktravula.com and Arukaino
Umukoro, Punch Newspaper.
Extending hearty congratulations to the Nigerian nominees in the
20th edition of the prestigious awards, John Ugbe, Managing Director
of MultiChoice Nigeria urged Nigerian journalists to be objective in their
reporting, stating that objectivity promotes excellence in journalism.
Ugbe who revealed that the competition received entries from 39
countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa
had 31 finalists from 15 countries, said: "MultiChoice is delighted to
once again be associated with these prestigious awards that give respect to the
work done by journalists across the African continent. We congratulate our
finalists on their achievements and look forward to celebrating with the
winners in Nairobi in October.”
He also explained that the finalists will enjoy an all-expense
paid four day programme of workshops, media forums and networking in Nairobi,
Kenya, culminating in a Gala Award Ceremony in October 2015. In addition,
winners from previous years will join this year’s finalists for a special
evening to celebrate 20 years of the awards.
The independent judging panel, chaired by Ferial Haffajee,
Editor-in-Chief, City Press, South Africa, includes: Debo Adesina,
Editor-in-Chief, Guardian Newspapers, Nigeria; Nima Elbagir, Senior
International Correspondent, CNN; Jean-Paul Gérouard, Editor-in-Chief, France
Télévisions ; Fernando Gonçalves, Editor, Savana, Mozambique; Anton
Harber, Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand; Joel
Kibazo, Director of Communications and External Relations, African Development
Bank Group; Amadou Mahtar Ba, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, All Africa
Global Media; Wanja Njuguna, Senior Lecturer, Polytechnic of Namibia & CNN
Journalist of the year 2000; José Sebastião Paulo, Professor of Journalism,
University Agostinho Neto, Angola; and, David Ohito, Digital Editor, The Standard
Media Group, Kenya.
Speaking on the awards, Tony Maddox, Executive Vice-President
and Managing Director of CNN International said: “The quality and breadth of
entries in this, its 20th, year is testament to the CNN MultiChoice
African Journalist Awards’ position as the most prestigious recognition for
journalism across the continent. CNN is privileged to be involved in this
important initiative to honor the outstanding work across multiple platforms,
topics and journalistic disciplines. I salute the finalists for the great work
that they have done and look forward to seeing their future achievements.”
The competition is once again supported by the following
sponsors, who continue to lend their valuable support to the awards: A24 Media,
African Development Bank, Dow, Ecobank, GE, IPP Media and MSD (MSD is known as
Merck in the U.S. and Canada).
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| THE PUNCH NEWSPAPERS IN NIGERIA HAD TWO OF THE FIVE NOMINEES FROM NIGERIA |
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