UBA, Journalism Clinic Host Social Media Summit for Nigerian Journalists

Everything Journalism, a group on the professional network, Linkedin.com - and its adjunct, The Journalism Clinic, in collaboration with United Bank for Africa (UBA) plc is hosting a one-day social media summit to boost the capacity of Nigerian journalists to maximally use the social media for news gathering, building online communities and engaging with their audiences.

Tagged "Functional Social Networking for Nigerian journalists", it will hold tomorrow Thursday, 20 February, at the Amphitheatre, UBA House, 57 Marina, Lagos.

"We have seen the creative disruption happening in the media space. It is important that Nigerian media professionals get a clear understanding of this process and how to take advantage of it. We hope that by hosting this high profile discussion for the media, a clear path way will be mapped for the Nigerian media industry," said Phillips Oduoza, MD/CEO UBA Plc while explaining why the bank decided to sponsor and host the event.

Convener, Taiwo Obe, founder and moderator of the EveythingJournalism group and director of The Journalism Clinic, stated that at the end of the summit, not only would journalists "be more social-media friendly and savvy, media owners, a number of whom have indicated their participation at the summit, should also have the zeal to change their mindsets to operate more efficiently, and profitably, in the digital age."

Billed to start at 9am and end at 3:30pm with breakfast and lunch inclusive, the event is open to pre-registered participants.