Mr Victor Nwachukwu, a Principal Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been chosen for the 2026 UK Media Excellence for Emerging Technology (UK-MEET) Fellowship.
By Victor Nwachukwu
Mr Victor Nwachukwu, a Principal Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been chosen for the 2026 UK Media Excellence for Emerging Technology (UK-MEET) Fellowship.
NAN reviews that Nwachukwu and different chosen journalists emerged from a aggressive course of that attracted greater than 500 purposes from journalists and content material creators throughout Nigeria and Ghana.
The fellowship will probably be delivered by Imperial College London by Imperial Global Ghana, with assist from the British High Commission.
According to the organisers, solely 13 per cent of candidates have been chosen, with every eligible software independently assessed by two reviewers.
The fellowship is designed to strengthen journalists’ capability to report on rising applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence, local weather know-how and well being innovation.
The in-country residential programme will maintain in Abuja, bringing collectively chosen fellows for engagements with researchers, sensible reporting periods and alternatives to develop story concepts.
Participants will probably be educated to confirm claims about rising applied sciences, look at information underpinning scientific findings and talk complicated analysis in clear and accessible language.
The organisers mentioned fellows who display efficient software of the coaching and develop rigorous story pitches could be thought-about for a information change programme in London in late November.
The programme will present the chosen fellows with alternatives to interact with researchers at Imperial College London.
Nwachukwu covers varied areas, together with science, innovation and know-how, with a concentrate on their implications for nationwide growth.
The fellowship is predicted to equip the chosen journalists with the abilities to make scientific information accessible, scrutinise claims about rising applied sciences and look at the influence of innovation on society.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Emmanuel Afonne
