From Radio Presenter To Broadcast Trainer: Fola Folayan wants to raise the bar for Broadcast Journalism in Nigeria
For thirteen years, Fola Folayan worked as a radio broadcaster in Nigeria; filling various roles as a content producer, presenter and newscaster in different media organizations across the country. But she wanted more.
She wanted to develop talent for the broadcast industry and in her own words ‘raise a generation of professionals who can function in the fast-changing media landscape’
The 21st century is already seeing fundamental changes in radio broadcasting. No longer are audiences limited to listening to the radio at the times and places dictated by the broadcasters, or on radio ‘sets’.
According to Fola Folayan, broadcasting in the 21st Century has evolved with digital technology, and that evolution has effected changes in programming, content, delivery and audience engagement....