The President of International Press Institute (IPI), Nigeria Musikilu Mojeed, has bagged PhD having successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Baze University, Abuja, after four years of research into collaborative journalism.
Penpushing reports that the Vice Chancellor of the university who is a lead supervisor Prof Abiodun Adeniyi, on a post said Mojeed recently completed his defence at the university’s Department of Mass Communication.
The Editor-in-Chief of Nigeria’s leading investigative newsroom, Premium Times, enrolled in the PhD programme four years ago to examine collaborative journalism and its implications for the future of the profession.
Penpushing further reports that his research is titled “Collaborative Dynamics in Investigative Journalism: An Evaluation of Partnerships in Selected Nigerian Newsrooms’, in response to the feat, the supervisor commended Mojeed’s professional conduct.
The Vice Chancellor said Mojeed was among the journalists who rejected the practice of accepting brown envelopes in the course of their work, emphasizing that at Premium Times which Mojeed leads, accepting gratification is seriously frowned upon and is a dismissable offence.
Penpushing also reports that Mojeed is a multiple award-winning investigative journalist who has led several collaborative investigations, including Premium Times’ reporting of the Panama Papers, for which he was a joint winner of the Pulitzer Prize, one of journalism’s most prestigious honours.
The record has it that Mojeed, last year, spoke on the future of collaborative investigative journalism at the International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress and Media Innovation Festival in Vienna, Austria.
Penpushing reports that he is the co-founder of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), and chairs the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI).
The renowned Nigerian journalist is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a Knight Fellow at Stanford (2012) and Ford Foundation Fellow at CUNY (2009) and has served as a judge for global journalism awards, including UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Awards and the Fetisov Journalism Awards.
Penpushing further reports that he has also been honoured with the Global Shining Light Award, FAIR’s Editor’s Courage Award, the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Awards, and Global Editor’s Network’s Data Journalism Award.
The veteran journalist is a trustee of the Global Media Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation and was on the board of the Forum for African Investigative Reporters, and sits on the board of Africa Check, and he is a member of the US-based Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).
Penpushing also reports that Mojeed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts from the University of Uyo and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism, the City University of New York.
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