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Dapo Olorunyomi
11 quotes
“Without CPJ, I believe I would be dead or in prison.”
Dapo Olorunyomi (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Public access to information and fundamental freedom are the new normative definition of a free, pluralistic, independent media, and the safety of journalists are the basis for peace, development and progress in the land. In this task, citizens, state actors and professionals have to work in concert.”
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“Democracy building will be almost impossible without good journalism.”
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“One of the key roles is the institutions that promote accountability, because indeed, when you can't ensure accountability, then that means democracy itself is endangered.”
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“If we wanted to establish a new relationship with our readers, we would need to deepen the factual elements in our reporting. We hoped that this would attract attention from our audience and build loyalty in the long term. This is why we put investigative reporting at the heart of our value proposition.”
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“Media freedoms have improved in some respects in Nigeria and it's now better than during the military dictatorship, but there is still a lot of work to be done. We have many constraining laws that make journalism practically impossible. There is regulatory overreach and an emerging surveillance culture.”
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“It is important to ensure that media coverage is thoughtful, credible and accountable; that we are not merely parroting events as they happen, but offer context so that we can achieve accuracy and meaning in storytelling.”
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“Misinformation... can systematically feed the wrong information to voters, thereby compromising the integrity of the ballot. It can foment strife and conflict and even cause wide scale fatalities.”
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“As the saying goes, yesterday is a story gone, tomorrow can still be written in gold.”
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“There's no democracy when there is no citizenry.”
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“Journalists should seek truth and report. Be accountable to readers and dedicated to public discourse.”
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