The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C-Don Adinuba, yesterday held interactive editorial review session with editors and some senior management staff of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, to discuss changing editorial policies and how to incorporate them into news bulletins to serve the audience better.
The meeting, held at the Commissioner’s office in Awka, and also attended by staff of the Ministry, provided avenue to look into some newsroom presentations and other editorial decisions that affect the news generally.
Correspondent Daniel Ezeigwe reports that other issues discussed at the meeting included headlining, titling, articles and use of preposition sentencing and general language presentation.
Addressing the journalists, Mr. Adinuba said that the meeting was a necessary platform to exchange ideas and improve professionalism, noting that the only way to become better professionally is through constant learning.
The Commissioner, on behalf of Governor Willie Obiano, also donated computer sets to ABS to appreciate the organization for leading the way in digital broadcasting in Anambra State.
In his remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ABS, Dr. Uche Nworah, commended the Commissioner for using the meeting to instill new journalism skills in the participants and assured that the knowledge garnered would go a long way to make news presentation better.
Dr. Nworah also thanked Governor Obiano for the computer equipment and promised that the station would use them for quality news delivery.
The Director, News and Current Affairs Department of the ABS, Mr. Gab Okpalaeze and the Head of Station, ABS Onitsha, Mrs. Ifeoma Udechukwu, who participated in the meeting, said that it was a push to work more to deliver quality output, and promised to take back the knowledge to the newsrooms.
Director of Programmes, ABS, Mrs. Nneka Ekwunife and other senior staff members both from ABS and the ministry attended the meeting.
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