PREMIUM TIMES journalist, others shortlisted for CJID journalism excellence award

A PREMIUM TIMES journalist, Kabir Yusuf, has been shortlisted alongside 14 others across West Africa for the maiden edition of the Excellence in Journalism Awards.

The awards organised by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) will be held on Wednesday 27 November alongside the organisation’s 10th year anniversary. The award ceremony is part of the CJID’s Media and Development Conference (MDC) 2024 starting from Monday 25.

In a statement posted on its website, the CJID said 15 journalists, who authored 13 reports, were shortlisted from a pool of 388 entries received from seven countries across West Africa.