The panel of judges for the 2022 AMDF Journalist of the Year Award, has announced three finalists for this year’s award.
They are (alphabetically arranged): Alexander Chinedu Okere of the Punch Newspapers, Janet Ogundepo, also of the Punch Newspapers, and Sunday Isuwa Leadership Newspaper.
Mr. Joseph Edegbo, Managing Editor of Africa Prime News, who chaired the panel said it received a total of 19 entries from six countries; Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia.
According to him, the three finalists have demonstrated professional skills in their stories by going deep in writing issue-based development stories.
An Honorary Lifetime award for Journalistic Excellence will be presented to distinguish media veteran, Yunusa Aliyu of the Newage Network Limited, Kaduna for his immeasurable contribution to the promotion of development journalism in Nigeria.
The award presentation where the winner, runner-up and commended work will be announced is scheduled to hold at 2pm on Wednesday, 7th December 2022 during the Africa Conference on Development Journalism (ACDJ2022) holding online, via Zoom.
