The Editor-in-Chief of Nigeria’s main investigative newsroom, PREMIUM TIMES, Musikilu Mojeed, has efficiently defended his doctoral thesis at Baze University, Abuja, after 4 years of analysis into collaborative journalism.
Mr Mojeed lately accomplished his defence on the college’s Department of Mass Communication, based on a post by his lead supervisor, Abiodun Adeniyi, a professor of mass communication and Vice-Chancellor of Baze University.
His analysis is titled “Collaborative Dynamics in Investigative Journalism: An Evaluation of Partnerships in Selected Nigerian Newsrooms.”
Mr Mojeed enrolled within the PhD programme 4 years in the past to look at collaborative journalism and its implications for the way forward for the occupation.
The supervisor, Mr Adeniyi, counseled Mr Mojeed’s skilled conduct, saying he was among the many journalists who rejected the follow of accepting brown envelopes in the middle of their work. At PREMIUM TIMES, which Mr Mojeed leads, accepting gratification is severely frowned upon and is a dismissable offence.
About Mr Mojeed
Mr Mojeed is a a number of award-winning investigative journalist who has led a number of collaborative investigations, together with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporting of the Panama Papers, for which he was a joint winner of the Pulitzer Prize, one in every of journalism’s most prestigious honours.
Last 12 months, Mr Mojeed spoke on the way forward for collaborative investigative journalism on the International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress and Media Innovation Festival in Vienna, Austria.
He can be the co-founder of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID). He chairs the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI).
Mr Mojeed is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a Knight Fellow at Stanford (2012) and Ford Foundation Fellow at CUNY (2009).
He has served as a choose for international journalism awards, together with UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Awards and the Fetisov Journalism Awards.
He has additionally been honoured with the Global Shining Light Award, FAIR’s Editor’s Courage Award, the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Awards, and Global Editor’s Network’s Data Journalism Award.
Mr Mojeed is a trustee of the Global Media Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation and was on the board of the Forum for African Investigative Reporters. He sits on the board of Africa Check, and he’s a member of the US-based Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).
Mr Mojeed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts from the University of Uyo and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism, the City University of New York.
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