Winners have emerged in the inaugural edition of the ReportHer Awards, which was held in Lagos at a ceremony on July 8, 2023.
Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, Chief Executive Officer of Women Radio (WFM91.7) and convener of the award ceremony, said the award was meant to celebrate women blazing the trail in female reportage on print, radio, television and digital platforms.
Okewale-Sonaiya noted that the award acknowledged gender-balanced reportage and celebrates media organisations and journalist who had given prime time to women as their male counterparts.
She said that the awards which were in 5 categories: Digital, Radio, Print, Television and best Journalist categories, attracted an award plaque, certificate of excellence and a laptop for each recipient.
According to her, the award ceremony was done in partnership with the UNWomen and support of the Canadian government.
Winners Of Inaugural ReportHer Awards
The Voice of Nigeria (VON) emerged overall winner for the print category, while Titilope Fadare, a Correspondent with Premium Times NG, won the best Nigerian Journalist, who had carved a niche for herself in reporting women-based issues.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ene Oshaba of the Blueprint Online media became the first runner up for the award.
For the digital category, Ripples Nigeria emerged the first runner up while Tech Cabal became the overall winner.
Sparkle 92.3fm won as the first runner up in the radio category and Voice of Nigeria (VON) emerged overall winner.
For the print category, Leadership Newspaper became the first runner up while Blueprint Online emerged overall winner.
Africa Independent Television (AIT) won as the first runner up in the Television category while Arise news bagged the overall winner.
In the words of Toun Okewale-Sonaiya:
“It is an evening of thanksgiving for us at the Women Radio; we appreciate the Nigerian women and media for your continuous and deliberate reporting on gender sensitive issues and inclusion.
Your works have had profound impact on Nigerian women; you help make the world a wonderful place for the women.
We celebrate the achievements of our nominees and recognise your invaluable contributions to journalism, women inclusion and the development of our dear nation.
As we acknowledge the progress we have made through responsible journalism, let us remember the responsibility that comes with being journalist and a broadcaster.
I acknowledge the contributions of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), the UNWomen and the Canadian government, I’m grateful for the support so far.”
One of the judges, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director, International Press Centre (IPC) stated:
“We got 109 entries for the awards and we are happy to work on all entries. We assessed the entries based on how educating and informative they are.
We looked at the use of data, sources, as well as how factual and accurate the entries were. We were ethical and critical with our assessment.”
