NIJ Photojournalism CLASS

23/03/2026

Another Photography training is set to kick-start. Watchout for more update.

06/04/2023

The 2022/23 PCPJ class ends today with collection of prizes.

More details later.

03/04/2023

03/04/2023

Blessing Esima, the only lady in the PCPJ class sharing her experience on what she encountered on the field "Photojournalist", after concluding her one month internship with the Sun Newspaper, Lagos.

10/02/2023

PCPJ students going through practical session on studio photography.

03/02/2023

The PCPJ students practicing how to shoot outdoor their lens.

13/01/2023

We are back!!!

Yes, we're back to class after the Christmas break.

Students work currently been viewed.

02/01/2023

Happy new year viewers.

We wish you a wonderful new year

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NIJ Photojournalism Class
PCPJ, 2022/23 Set.

10/12/2022

The class deliberating on images that matches with the assignment brief of Single News Image "SNI".

It will be recall that the Proficiency Certificate Course in Photojournalism, PCPJ started last month November, 2022 which will continue for the next three months.

02/12/2022

Meet one of the current students participating in the ongoing 4-month Certificate Course in Proficiency Certificate in Photojournalism, PCPJ.

Lawal Taofeek Oyewole: a street photographer who aspires to be a documentary photographer and photojournalist.

He's interested in exploring societal narratives which include man, his actions and involvement in the society.

Oyewole believes that photography is not just about creating visually interesting images, it is about storytelling.

He's a graduate of Sociology.

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28/11/2022

Dr. Boye Ola, Masterclass Instructor coaches the Nov. 2022/2023 Class of the Proficiency Certificate in Photojournalism.

24/11/2022

The Nigerian Institute of Journalism's programme in photojournalism kicked off this week.

It is a 4-month Certificate Course with seven participants:

Esima Blessing.
Oluwaseun Alade.
Godwin Maxwell.
Taofeek Oyewole.
Adegbite Seyi.
Ogunlana Ademola

The programme is aimed at increasing visual literacy among the photographers in preparation for a future career in the media.

During the course of the programme, the students will be exposed to the following modules such as COMPOSITION, LIGHT, EXPOSURE, GENERATING STORY IDEA, NEWS STORY, PORTRAITURE, SINGLE IMAGE, CANDID/STREET Photography CAPTION Writing,etc

The programme started in 2006 as a collaboration between Amsterdam -based World Press Photo (WPPH) and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ).

Over 200 photographers have been trained since the inception of the programme.

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