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 studies 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 might be delivered by Imperial College London by means of Imperial Global Ghana, with help from the British High Commission.
According to the organisers, solely 13 per cent of candidates had been chosen, with every eligible utility 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 expertise and well being innovation.
The in-country residential programme will maintain in Abuja, bringing collectively chosen fellows for engagements with researchers, sensible reporting classes and alternatives to develop story concepts.
Participants might be skilled to confirm claims about rising applied sciences, study information underpinning scientific findings and talk complicated analysis in clear and accessible language.
The organisers stated fellows who display efficient utility of the coaching and develop rigorous story pitches can be thought-about for a data change programme in London in late November.
The programme will present the chosen fellows with alternatives to have interaction with researchers at Imperial College London.
Nwachukwu covers numerous areas, together with science, innovation and expertise, with a give attention to their implications for nationwide improvement.
The fellowship is predicted to equip the chosen journalists with the talents to make scientific data accessible, scrutinise claims about rising applied sciences and study the affect of innovation on society.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Emmanuel Afonne
