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July 22, 2019
The National President of Nigeria Association of WomenJournalists, NAWOJ Ifeayinwa Omowole says mentorship of up-coming journalistsis key to ensuring proper practice of the profession
Speaking during an interactive session with members of GhanaAssociation of Women in Media in Accra, she said it was for this reason thatNAWOJ introduced mentorship programme for graduates of Mass Communication inNigeria to keep them abreast with new techniques in reportage.
According to Omowole, the programme will prepare themind-set of young female journalists to develop interest in all the variousbeats in newsrooms. She explained that passion for the profession was necessaryfor practitioners to live up to their responsibilities
In her remarks, President of Ghana Association of Women inMedia, Mavis Kitcher called on women journalists to strive towards updatingthemselves on modern trends in journalism as well as Information andCommunication Technology , ICT. She said that knowledge of ICT wasinevitable,as such the need for capacity building could not be over emphasized.