Onaola's Blog

I'm excited to be hosting the red carpet session for the 13th CORA-Nigeria Prize for Literature Book Party for writers longlisted for the 2022 edition of the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NLP), endowed and promoted by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas.
Let's talk books guys. Who's coming?

Cheers to another year. Happy birthday Onaolatomirin Kiyesola

Normal people post every other day. Me? I'm like a mood... and even when I'm in that mood, I need to graduate to the next mood to post. Anyways, it's almost that time of the year again and I'm so grateful to be alive 'mHappyyyy!

Too many people to thank for this opportunity, but I'll settle for the principal characters in this photo and the multimedia maestro . It was a beautiful experience being part of the training

Class Work
There are so many things significant about this picture.
A week ago, I was part of a small team of journalists selected across the nation who took part in the Nigeria LNG Limited] training. Dan Mason [Media Trainer]] was our trainer. Among other things, one key message we all took away was that we must find fresh ways to tell audience-driven stories.
Many times, when we learn new things, there's the danger of mistaking it as licence to throw out the old. In our case, Newspapers are the old platform (hence the symbolic notice in blue on the trashcan). But who says Newspapers are done and dusted? Certainly not Dan Mason [Media Trainer]], and certainly not The Journalism Clinic, curators of the training experience.
If we were to do away with papers, then we might as well do away with our mobile phones for the purpose of news consumption. Right? Wrong! Thanks to Nigeria LNG Limited], I know how the two mediums can operate in synergy without one phasing out the other. None deserves to be trashed.
I am a journalist, and I have chosen to change my story.

My day at for the . Two Nigerian football legends graciously took a picture with me