AAUA NUCJ Trains New Members

By: Ayorinde Olugade 

The Nigeria Union of Campus Journalists (NUCJ), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has trained the newly recruited members on journalism and its ethical standards.

At the training which was held at the former SOMASSA Lecture Theatre A4, the participants were engaged in how to improve their reportorial skills as well as comply with the codes of ethics guiding the journalism profession.

The Union President, Friday Omosola emphasized what Journalism entails and the difference between a Journalist and a Blogger. 

He disclosed that ethics are a set of rules that govern Journalism as a profession. He said these ethics are to be followed strictly while practising journalism.

Omosola implored the new members to confirm news stories before running to the press, by verifying facts gotten from sources or the most concerned parastatals.

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Union, Peter Emmanuel emphasized the importance of the 5W's and H in journalistic writing. He explained what news writing entails and how to write it.

Peter added that the new members should be aware that news stories are stories written as the event unfolds while feature stories are stories that are lengthy and flexible.

During his section, the Vice-President Editorial, Emmanuel Oluwadola spoke on the difference between essay writing and news writing. He disclosed various tips on writing headlines for stories, the acceptable words count for starters the greenhorns.

He said: "Majorly, headlines are written in the present tense, not in the past tense, the singular subjects take the singular verbs."

In an interview with one of the trainees, Rasheed Oladeja, a 300-Level student of Mass communication, he said the training organized by the NUCJ is an eye opener to new members stating that the training will go a long way in letting them get familiar with the terrain and environment in which they find themselves as campus journalists. 

"I gained a lot today, coming for this training with the previous knowledge I have as a Mass Communication student, it has added more advantage to me," Rasheed said.

Adeoye Mayowa, a 200-Level student of the English Language Department said with her keen interest in writing, she has learnt a lot of things from the training sessions which will help in her career to becoming a campus journalist.

She maintained that she felt very elated with the training as everyone was allowed to express themselves and it was not a dull training. Participants were allowed to contribute to making it lively and educational.

However, the training has in attendance students from different Levels and Departments who were eager to learn journalism and pursue their dream as campus journalists.

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