SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS
SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS
By
Shehu Usam Salihu
In continuation of its capacity building on social media tools, CITAD in partnership with SAVI Jigawa State Office conducted a two-training on social media for journalists in Jigawa State. The training which held on 29th and 30th July at the Manpower Development Centre, Dutse was attended by 20 journalists from different media organizations in the state. Welcoming participants to the training on the first day, the SAVI STL, Mal Jibrin Ali Giginyu said that they have partnered with CITAD for the training because of the increasing importance of social media in journalism profession. He said that we have reached an era where media employers demand for multimedia skills from prospective employees and therefore advised the participants to take the training seriously and make the best of it. He thanked CITAD for extending the gesture to SAVI Jigawa and for the continued partnership between the two organizations.