editor-in-chief completes PhD on collaborative journalism

The Editor-in-Leader of Nigeria’s main investigative newsroom, PREMIUM TIMES, Musikilu Mojeed, has effectively defended his doctoral thesis at Baze College, Abuja, after 4 years of analysis into collaborative journalism.

Mr Mojeed lately finished his defence on the college’s Division of Mass Verbal exchange, in line with a post through his lead manager, Abiodun Adeniyi, a professor of mass conversation and Vice-Chancellor of Baze College.

His analysis is titled “Collaborative Dynamics in Investigative Journalism: An Analysis of Partnerships in Decided on Nigerian Newsrooms.”

Mr Mojeed enrolled within the PhD programme 4 years in the past to inspect collaborative journalism and its implications for the way forward for the occupation.

The manager, Mr Adeniyi, recommended Mr Mojeed’s skilled habits, pronouncing he used to be some of the newshounds who rejected the follow of accepting brown envelopes for the duration of their paintings. At PREMIUM TIMES, which Mr Mojeed leads, accepting gratification is severely frowned upon and is a dismissable offence.

About Mr Mojeed

Mr Mojeed is a more than one award-winning investigative journalist who has led a number of collaborative investigations, together with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporting of the Panama Papers, for which he used to be a joint winner of the Pulitzer Prize, considered one of journalism’s maximum prestigious honours.

Ultimate 12 months, Mr Mojeed spoke on the way forward for collaborative investigative journalism on the World Press Institute (IPI) Global Congress and Media Innovation Pageant in Vienna, Austria.

He’s additionally the co-founder of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Building (CJID). He chairs the Nigerian Nationwide Committee of the World Press Institute (IPI).

Mr Mojeed is a member of the World Consortium of Investigative Newshounds (ICIJ), a Knight Fellow at Stanford (2012) and Ford Basis Fellow at CUNY (2009).

He has served as a pass judgement on for world journalism awards, together with UNESCO’s Global Press Freedom Awards and the Fetisov Journalism Awards.

He has additionally been honoured with the International Shining Mild Award, FAIR’s Editor’s Braveness Award, the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Awards, and International Editor’s Community’s Knowledge Journalism Award.

Mr Mojeed is a trustee of the International Media Marketing campaign to Finish Feminine Genital Mutilation and used to be at the board of the Discussion board for African Investigative Journalists. He sits at the board of Africa Take a look at, and he’s a member of the US-based Investigative Journalists and Editors (IRE).

Mr Mojeed holds a Bachelor’s Stage in Verbal exchange Arts from the College of Uyo and a Grasp’s Stage in Journalism from the Graduate Faculty of Journalism, the Town College of New York.