In over 13 years, Publisher and Editor in Chief, ‘Yes International!’ Publication Azuh Arinze has actually launched 7 books, all of which narrated his journalistic exploits and experiences. With his brand-new book, ‘Anything And Everything Journalism’, he is set to develop a journalism ‘bible’ which contains whatever to understand about journalism as an occupation.
To totally accomplish this, Azuh had extensive interviews with 37 of the very best and biggest Nigerian reporters throughout print, broadcast, and online to not just additional chronicle and crystallise the story of these popular reporters however likewise to utilize their stories as a knowing curve for reporters.
The book devoted to 2 veteran reporters, Dele Giwa and Dimgba Igwe, both of whom passed away in questionable situations, will be revealed together with his 2nd book ‘My Story Of Many Colours’ at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Monday, March 25, 2024.
“All the 37 reporters included in Anything And Everything Journalism were fastidiously chosen and after that talked to,” Azuh informed Netng. “Some of the interviews took years to achieve. I interviewed them in various states– Lagos, Abuja, Katsina and so on.”
Amongst the reporters he profiled were Segun Osoba, Ray Ekpu, Bayo Onanuga, Mike Awoyinfa, Dele Momodu, Femi Adesina, Dimgba Igwe, Simon Kolawole, Ikechukwu Amaechi, Azu Ishiekwene, Musikilu Mojeed, Dotun Oladipo, Louis Odion, Gbenga Adefaye, Seye Kehinde, Kunle Bakare, Lekan Otufodunrin, Lanre Idowu, Steve Ayorinde, Soni Irabor, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Femi Sowoolu, Bimbo Oloyede, Eze Anaba, Christopher Isiguzo, Bisi Olatilo, Larry Izamoje, Dare Babarinsa, Ali M Ali, Femi Akintunde-Johnson, Funke Egbemode, Olusegun Adeniyi, Gbenga Omotoso, Mayor Akinpelu, Shola Oshunkeye, Ibim Semenitari, and so on.
Azuh stated that why he opted for these people was due to the fact that they’re amongst the very best in Nigeria’s journalism landscape.
“What did I make with the very best and brightest? Encourage them to share their success tricks so that the young and the old can gain from them, enhance and progress reporters. Simply put, you can explain what I have actually done as funnelling 37 bios into one book. The factor I call it the journalism bible,” he informed Netng.
Informing these stories and composing this almost 500-page book was a crucial task for Azuh Arinze. In a nation where phony news multiplies media platforms and web users increase daily with an analysis by Kepios suggesting that web users in Nigeria increased by 2.9 million (+2.4 percent) in between 2022 and 2023, the digitalisation of news has actually generated phony news peddlers who have actually capitalised on the requirement for sensationalism to shares news and produce journalistic material without following proper and ethical standards associated with the occupation.
To maintain, reporters contend for the attention of the 122 million active web users by following the exact same concepts set by phony news peddlers, therefore increasing the absence of trust space Nigerian people currently have in the media. According to a digital report by The Reuters Institute released in 2022, rely on media stands at 58%. It’s rather worrying thinking about the reality that a 2024 report by the World Economic Forum Global Risks, files that false information and disinformation are ranked as the world’s most serious worldwide threat within the next 2 years and the 6th most worrying danger over a longer ten-year timeframe.
“Without concealing my sensations or mincing words, the quality of reporting has actually dropped significantly. Just a couple of individuals now report. And it’s so unfortunate. What is presently going on in the occupation is both stunning and worrying,” Arinze informed Netng.
Azuh Arinze’s book, through the story of the greats, will highlight the disparities and spotlight practices that require to come back. In a world where individuals check out just headings, in which social networks has actually ‘reprogrammed’ the typical individual’s brain to have an 8.25 seconds attention period, and phony news peddlers have actually acquired big followings, it has actually ended up being significant for reporters to comprehend the fundamentals and gain from the greats, in order to not only boost the general public’s rely on Nigerian media however raise the craft to what it as soon as was.