By Yinka Odutuyo
Beyond classroom initiative, a movement by some
students of Osun state university has commenced a series of workshops in Ikire
campus of the university.
The workshop which held its first series at the old
library of the campus yesterday was aimed at exposing Linguistics and Communication
students of the institution to practical knowledge of journalism.
Speaking during the workshop, Mr Femi Makinde, a correspondent
of Punch newspapers urged the participants to imbibe the spirit of seriousness
in their journalistic endeavors.
Makinde who was the resource person for the workshop taught the students the journalistic techniques and skill
required to source for publishable news and how to write news for newspaper according
the standard of Punch newspaper.
Also speaking, Mr Hameed Oyegbade, a correspondent
of Daily Trust newspaper said " endeavor to put everything you learned
today into practice, At least, you should challenge yourself to writing a news
story everyday".
One of the participants Popoola Oladoyin, she said “I
commend the efforts of the organizers, it was an insightful workshop and they
even served us drinks and snacks, kudos to them".
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