ICT and the Nigerian Journalist
December 11, 2007 by 
Che Oyimnatumba · Leave a Comment
Written by: Ashimole Felix Esq.
The new trend in curriculum vitae of job seeking Nigerians is to type and highlight “Computer literate”. The most daring include Information and Communication Technology (ICT) compliant. As assistant editor LEADERSHIP WEEKEND (2006), of one of the national dailies, I had the odd job of proof reading and restructuring the news items and feature articles smuggled in by reporters who want to beat the paper’s bed time. Insistences on faxing in or emailing their report fail on deaf ears.
Wanting to make my work easier and escape the tantrums of my publisher who was always demanding for perfection and timely delivery of the paper to the stand, I went to town to investigate why these reporters who claimed in their CVs to be ICT and Computer literate are shy to communicate using these electronic gadgets. My worry was deeply rooted as their counterpart in other clime have transcended the use of midgets and reliance on noise infested tape recorders to other supersonic visual-audio accurate tools of the trade.
The world has shrunk into a global village and information are becoming rapidly obsolete that before a Nigerian reporter can come back from the field, a breaking news has occurred or more in depth angle to the story he is manually rushing to the news room to write has unfolded. This snail speed has remained the reason why most Nigerian
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