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6th Report Women Fellowship Empowers Female Journalists for Newsroom Leadership

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By Blessing Iriaka The sixth edition of the Report Women Fellowship, a flagship initiative of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), officially commenced on April 2, 2025, with a powerful call to action: to elevate women’s leadership in newsrooms and society at large. The three-day training brought together 12 exceptional female journalists selected from a competitive pool of 160 applicants across diverse media platforms in Nigeria. According to the organisers, the core objective of the fellowship is to improve the leadership status of women in news, within newsrooms, and across broader societal structures.  Since its inception in 2014, the Report Women Fellowship has consistently empowered female reporters with the skills, confidence, and strategic tools to ascend to top-tier leadership positions within the media industry. Speaking at the opening session, the WSCIJ management emphasized that the focus of this 6th edition is to equip participants for C-suite ...