NAU Mass Communication Dept Holds Media Interactive Session To Mark 25th Anniversary, Unveils Magazine

Students of Department of Mass Communication, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, have been urged to remain focused in their discipline if they are to make headway in pursuit of their career.

Professionals in the media industry made the call during an interactive session of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the department and public presentation of the silver jubilee edition of Unizik Comet Magazine.

Correspondent, Emmanuel Chigata who covered the event reports that the media professionals, including the Director of News and Current Affairs Department of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, Mr. Gab Okpalaeze, Vice President of Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Prince Emeka Kalu, Anambra State Punch Correspondent, Mr. Tony Okafor, a Communication Consultant cum Analyst, Mr. Mike Meze, shared their wealth of experience and made relevant contributions on how students can surmount challenges confronting the media industry.

Leading the discussion, a brand consultant of the Anambra State Government, Mr. Meze said the job of the media is herculean in nature, but tasked the students to start preparing now to be fit for the task ahead, especially for those who have interest in practicing Journalism.

The Director of News and Current Affairs of the ABS, Mr. Okpalaeze, who gave an insightful guide that would enable students strike a balance in news reportage, encouraged them to work towards excellence, and not to be deterred by much confrontations they may surface in the course of practicing their profession.

In their separate  contributions, Prince Kalu, Messrs Okafor of Punch Newspapers, Chinedu Madu of Radio Nigeria, and a veteran broadcaster, Mr. Dike Ibemesi, reminded the students that Journalism is a noble profession that would expose them if practiced with all sincerity.

Reacting, some students, including Sunday Inyama and Emmanuel Nginikanma, who are both three hundred level students of the institution, asked intriguing questions on challenges confronting Nigeria media industry.