Ilara-Mokin Ondo State
Nigeria
Research Article
The Battle for Professionalism in Journalism in Nigeria amidst Unethical Practices
Author(s): Andrew Ali IbbiAndrew Ali Ibbi
Without the professional touch, the art of gathering and dissemination of news can be done by anybody. However, because of the nature of the audience who the information is meant for, it has become important that a professional should be there to put the piece of information together for public consumption, bearing in mind their diversities. The advent of the Internet has seen news evolve from the newsroom to the smartphones of almost everybody. Citizen journalism has thrown a big challenge to professional journalism today. In a country like Nigeria where politicians have turned media organizations as organs of propaganda, it is becoming difficult to distinguish a professional journalist from a praise singer. This paper intends to look at the practice of journalism from the Nigerian perspective. Such unethical practices like “brown envelope” (money given in exchange for ob.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7912.1000301
Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism received 205 citations as per Google Scholar report