Media Capacity-Building: Polaris Bank Impacts Over 3000 Journalists In 4 Years

<h4>Media Capacity-Building&colon; Polaris Bank Impacts Over 3000 Journalists In 4 Years<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a cross-section of journalists who participated in the fourth edition of the media capacity-building session for journalists organized by Polaris Bank has expressed excitement at the quality of the workshop&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The annual media workshop&comma; in its fourth edition held over the weekend&comma; had in attendance over 152 participants&comma; including renowned publishers&comma; editors&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;com&sol;">Managing Directors of media houses&comma; reporters&comma; and other media-inclined professionals&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier&comma; while welcoming participants and declaring the workshop open&comma; the Group Head&comma; Strategic Brand Management of Polaris Bank&comma; Nduneche Ezurike said the Bank remains committed to its corporate citizenship of contributing to the development of the media in Nigeria&period; He explained that since Polaris Bank took up the responsibility of empowering media practitioners in 2018&comma; the media has been better for it&period; The highly engaging sessions&comma; anchored by some of the best in the industry&comma; have helped media practitioners to raise the bar of their practice while avoiding landmines that could ruin their blossoming careers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Polaris Bank&comma; working through respective State Councils of Nigeria Union of Journalists &lpar;NUJ&rpar;&comma; has trained journalists in Lagos&comma; Ogun&comma; Oyo&comma; Ekiti&comma; Ondo&comma; Rivers&comma; and Abuja on contemporary issues such as&colon; Best Media Practice&comma; Fact Checking&comma; Impact of Fake News&comma; Digital Journalism&comma; Art of Story Telling in a Digital Age&comma; Media Convergence &amp&semi; Transitioning to a Multi-Media Journalist&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He noted that since the commencement of this initiative&comma; over 3&comma;000 Nigerian journalists have directly participated in the Media Workshop&comma; a key feature of the Banks&&num;8217&semi; Corporate Social Responsibility &lpar;CSR&rpar; intervention&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Most participants expressed their appreciation to Polaris Bank for the consistency in hosting the media seminar&comma; despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They promised to put to judicious use the rich nuggets learned from the workshop&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Deputy Group Business Editor of The Nation newspapers&comma; Taofik Salako noted that &&num;8220&semi;The workshop was very educative and informative&period; As a matter of fact&comma; I acquired new knowledge and information as regards Cybercrime Law and You&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another joiurnalist&comma; Toyibat Ajose wrote&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Polaris Bank has indeed over the years shown consistency as a media-friendly brand by organising this annual high-impact capacity-building workshop for Nigerian journalists to broaden our horizons and enable us practice more professionally&period;&&num;8221&semi; This&comma; we appreciate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Simon Kolawole&comma; Founder and Publisher of TheCable&comma; facilitated the topic&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Managing a Virtual Newsroom&&num;8217&semi;&comma; while &&num;8220&semi;The CyberCrime Law &amp&semi; You&&num;8221&semi; was anchored by Eric Orji&comma; a top Legal Practitioner and Principal Partner from E&period;A Orji &amp&semi; Co Law Firm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;