Ekene Odigwe

Ekene Odigwe is the 2020 Winner Merck Foundation Stay At Home Media Recognition Awards on Radio for Nigeria. 2016 winner On-Air Personality of the year, and 2012 winner Nigeria Radio Awards for News and Actuality. He has expert certification on Social media in Public Relations from the National University of Singapore, Digital footprint Analysis from the University of Edinburgh, Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace from the University of Pittsburgh, Citizen Journalism and New Media from YaLa Academy's Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism California, Diploma in Information Security and Cyber Law from India among others. He is a media trainer and for a decade now he has been helping content creators, aspiring and professional journalists gain a grounding in the history, ethics and values of journalism because he has witnessed how misinformation and unguarded report can set a town on fire. He currently coordinates Journalism courses at the West Africa Broadcast Media Academy (WABMA) Ekene has a track record in development journalism with major impacts in Fact-checking, Covid 19 reporting, and Gender / Diversity reporting with published articles in over 25 newspapers, online blogs and news sites.