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AGOH, MICHELLE ONYEKA
Off Adeniran Ogunsanya Street,
Surulere, Lagos.
Mobile
: 0807–694–7958
: +234-807-***-****
: adi6fg@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Broadcast journalist, Fact Checker, writer and producer with a passion for giving listeners and readers an enjoyable, educating and engaging experience with five years of experience broadcasting political and business news and current affairs programs, announcing program schedules, organising and hosting impactful town hall meetings, and interviewing high-profile guests. I have worked in various radio stations as a host and producer and sometimes write media literacy and fact checking article. CERTIFICATES OBTAINED WITH INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED
2019 : Certificate in Mobile Journalism
Knight Centre for Journalism in the Americas (University of Texas, Austin). 2018 : Certificate in Basic Presentation
National Broadcast Academy, Lagos.
2014 : Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Business Information Systems University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
2007 : Senior School Certificate of Examinations (SSCE) Federal Government College, Port-Harcourt.
PROFESSIONAL (On-The-Job) TRAINING
July 2020 Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism Dubawa Fact-Checking Fellowship.
https://dubawa.org/author/michelle-agoh/
Dec. 2019 Thomson Reuters Foundation
Reporting Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking. Nov. 2019 BBC Media Action, Abuja funded by UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
How to Organise a Town Hall Meeting
PSA Writing & Production
Security & Justice Reform Program
Jul. 2019 Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Report Women/Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship
(https://thenationonlineng.net/more-rapes-few-convictions/) Jan. 2019 National Broadcast Commission, Lagos.
2-Day Workshop on Political Broadcast.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Good in PSA writing and production
Fact Checking Skills for visual (Photos and Videos) and written stories
Demonstrated service orientation, a self-starter and a committed team player.
Digital media savvy, familiar with iMovie, Quik, Adobe Audition, Zetta, Final cut Pro
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with detail-oriented research skills
Friendly and approachable disposition resulting in comfortable Interviews, friendly phone calls with listeners, and lucrative voice overs and events.
Skilled at organising town hall meetings between citizens and the government to address issues con- cerning the state/nation (An initiative and meeting that gives citizens a platform to hold leaders accountable). PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS & WORK EXPERIENCE
1. PREMIUM TIMES CENTRE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (Dubawa Fellowship) – June 2020 till date Position: Byline for political Fact Check stories
Tasked with Identifying public information that needs to be verified
Tasked with developing fact checked stories in a structured way, reflecting, reflecting the basic tenets of fact checking, to be published and broadcasted.
https://dubawa.org/author/michelle-agoh/
2. LAGOS TALKS 91.3 FM, Ikoyi, Lagos. – May 2018 till date Position: On-Air-Personality & Host of the Live Drive Show
Anchoring “Talk Business” a show that analyses the Stock market and reviews the business news bul- letins mostly with business experts.
Research, prepare, and deliver political and current affairs live shows while interviewing guests on the Show, resulting in engaging on air content.
(http://lagostalks.com/audio/re-cap-ssa-preson-public-affairs-ajuri-ngelale-oct-2nd2019-04-10-2019)
Anchoring shows on UK politics weekly in partnership with the BBC London
(http://lagostalks.com/audio/dispatchessept-3rd-201*-**-**-****)
Confer with producers to produce on air documentaries on Gender based violence, History, Social justice and other underreported stories. (http://lagostalks.com/audio/embedded-june-9-201*-**-**-****)
PSA jingle scripting, voicing and productions. Announcing programmmes, commercials, and station breaks
Recording programmes and commercials for later broadcast. 3. CHANNELS TELEVISION, LAGOS – March – April 2018 Position: Intern/Associate Producer (Foreign Desk)
Worked with the foreign desk to produce, write and edit for the foreign news show (Network Africa).
Voiced different news scripts.
4. TODAY 95.1 FM, PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE. – Jan. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Position: On-Air-Personality & News Anchor
Hosted various Programmes – "Area Talk", “Moment Of Truth", "Opinion Poll", "Lovey Dovey"
Read the major (world) news bulletin and news update
Co-hosted “Today’s Woman” show
5. HIT 95.9 FM, CALABAR, CROSS-RIVER STATE – Jan. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Position: On-Air-Personality
Assisted the production team in both pre and post production
Tasked with writing promotion copies for various events
Conceptualized, scripted and broadcasted live programs
Provided commercial voice-over services on studio PERSONAL DATA
Sex : Female Marital Status : Single
Date of Birth : 2nd June, 1990 Nationality : Nigerian INTERESTS/HOBBIES – Photography, Travelling, Reading and Meeting people. REFEREES – To be provided on request.
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