No fewer than 125 correspondents and reporters across the South West zone would be trained on digital journalism by the Skye Bank Plc.
The bank's Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Rasheed Bolarinwa, disclosed this at the flag-off of the training exercise in Abeokuta with the theme: "Digital journalism in 21st Century."
Bolarinwa said the need to improve the capacity of journalists and fill the gap created by the increasing patronage of online journalism in the country informed the training.
He stated that lots of applications and tools exist in the digital space to enhance and enrich the work of Nigerian journalists, urging them to key into it.
According to him, the South West would be used as a pilot for the training before the bank replicates it in other parts of the country.
Bolarinwa said, "We realised that when you train journalists, you build their capacity. Journalists have the tendency to impact society positively and we felt the best way
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