AFAS Press News Editor shortlisted for Alfred Opubor Next-Gen Campus Reporter Awards
Olanshile Ogunrinu
The News Editor for AFAS PRESS, Tijani Abdulkabeer has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the 2022 edition of the CJID’s Alfred Opubor Next-Gen Campus Reporter Awards in the health category.
Abdulkabeer was shortlisted for this award in the health category for his entry ‘Health tech: A non-profit is using artificial intelligence to link blood donors’.
The Awards was created in 2017 by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (formerly Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, PTCIJ) and named after the late Alfred Opubor in honor of his pioneering contributions to journalism. Professor Opubor was Nigeria’s first professor of mass communication. The maiden edition of the awards was held in 2018.
The awards aim to celebrate and inspire outstanding campus journalists who spotlight social issues and contribute to solution pathways through storytelling. According to the organizers, this year’s edition of the awards generated 164 entries from campus journalists in 53 tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The southwest region generated the most entries with 74, followed by the northwest with 38, north central with 21, south-south with 8, and southeast and northeast with 6 entries each.
First-place winners in the categories and the overall best campus journalist for the year will be revealed at the Awards ceremony on the 2nd of December at the Treasure Suites Hotel, Central Business District, Abuja.
