Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Awardshonours
Conferencesmeetingsattended
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Publications
References
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JOHNSON KOLAWOLE

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JOHNSON KOLAWOLE

Summary

An inspiring and visionary emerging media leader. A team player with a “can-do” spirit. An outstanding journalist with strong passion for excellence, integrity, fear of God, the public good, and patriotism all aimed at positively impacting society and leaving footprints for posterity.

Publishing professional known for high standards and results-driven mindset. Adept at leading editorial projects from conception to completion, ensuring high-quality content and timely delivery. Committed to fostering team collaboration and adaptability to meet evolving publishing needs. Skilled in content development, editorial management, and strategic planning.

Overview

25
years of professional experience

Work History

POSTERITY MEDIA

Publisher/CEO
01.2018 - Current

Job overview

  • Managing the day-to-day operations of the company
  • Providing leadership and strategic direction for the company’s operations
  • Building valuable contacts for the company
  • Scouting for suitable and competent hands to be employed as staff in the company
  • Spearheading the fund mobilization efforts of the company for its various projects and businesses
  • Acting as the chief public relations officer of the company
  • Publishing book titles of the company and printing those of clients
  • Leading and giving direction on POSTERITY MEDIA’s special projects etc
  • Conducting high-profile interviews
  • Facilitating training workshops for POSTERITY MEDIA reporters and journalists
  • Building beneficial partnerships and collaborations for the company with key partners and valuable stakeholders

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF)

Programme Director
11.2016 - 12.2017

Job overview

  • Overseeing the projects and activities of the foundation
  • Overseeing and providing logistics support on CNJF’s investigative projects etc
  • Organising/managing training workshops for TheCable reporters and journalists
  • Developing proposals and work-plans for the foundation and its projects with CNJF’s Executive Director
  • Acting as liaison between the CNJF, its project consultant(s), civil society partners and other stakeholders
  • Representing the foundation at invitational events, workshops or conferences within and outside Nigeria
  • Carrying out other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated to me by the Executive Director

POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
01.2009 - 10.2016

Job overview

  • Company Overview: The Publishing and Communication Company of choice for Outstanding Achievers sharing their stories to Inspire upcoming generations
  • Manages the day-to-day operations of the company
  • Responsible for the over-all decision making in the company with Advisory Board members
  • Provides leadership and strategic direction for the company’s operations
  • Builds valuable contacts for the company
  • Scouts for suitable and competent hands to be employed as staff in the company
  • Spearheads the fund mobilization efforts of the company for its various projects and businesses
  • Acts as the chief public relations officer of the company
  • Inspires members of staff and other team members of the company to achieve its vision of being the publishing house of choice for outstanding achievers sharing their stories to inspire upcoming generations
  • Represents the company at high-profile meetings and events among others
  • The Publishing and Communication Company of choice for Outstanding Achievers sharing their stories to Inspire upcoming generations

Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria

Programme Associate, Research and Communication
05.2006 - 12.2008

Job overview

  • Company Overview: A media-based non-governmental organization that deploys innovative skills/communication interventions in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria
  • Responsible for writing a content-analysis report on HIV/AIDS stories published in the Nigerian media monthly as part of JAAIDS’ Media Monitoring Service
  • Writing stories and conducting interviews for Access Alert, a bi-monthly newsletter on access to HIV/AIDS treatment
  • Providing news stories for the Nigeria AIDS website: www.nigeria-aids.org, an online platform to disseminate HIV/AIDS news and resources in Nigeria and the West African sub-region
  • Contributing updates to the Nigeria AIDS eforum, an electronic listserv that disseminates up to date HIV/AIDS information to journalists and other players in the AIDS field from Africa and around the World
  • Organizing monthly media roundtables where HIV/AIDS activists, and government officials and civil society groups working on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health, rub minds with journalists
  • Compiling and updating contacts of editors, reporters and other media stakeholders of JAAIDS Nigeria
  • Facilitating workshops/training sessions on behalf of JAAIDS
  • A media-based non-governmental organization that deploys innovative skills/communication interventions in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria

BRANDfaces Marketing Journal

Reporter/Researcher
01.2005 - 04.2006

Job overview

  • Company Overview: A brand-focused international Marketing journal
  • Responsible primarily for writing the Promo/Launch & Aviation Pages
  • Conducting interviews with resource persons as part of cover stories
  • Covering events and writing feature articles on different brands in the country
  • Booking interview appointments for 'People in the Media' and conducting such
  • Managing relationships between the magazine and its subscribers
  • A brand-focused international Marketing journal

THE WEEK MAGAZINE

Reporter/Researcher
10.2002 - 12.2005

Job overview

  • Responsible for coordinating Front-of-the-Book section of the magazine
  • Writing tributes on prominent Nigerians marking birthdays or bagging awards etc
  • Contributing Arts and Life stories to the Back-of-the-Book
  • Writing the 'Personalities' column of the magazine
  • Other responsibilities include: investigating stories and conducting interviews for front cover

THE WEEK MAGAZINE

Intern Reporter
09.2001 - 09.2002

Job overview

  • Responsible for compiling weekly footprints
  • Writing the 'Man-in-the-News' photo column
  • Investigating stories assigned by desk editors and writing general-beat stories for the magazine
  • Transcribing interviews conducted by top writers and editors

Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation (Now Gateway Radio)

Intern-Reporter, News & Current Affairs
04.2000 - 07.2000

Job overview

  • Covering news events within Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital
  • Monitoring news on foreign radio frequencies
  • Contributing to the hourly news bulletins of OGBC 2 FM

Education

Columbia University

Certificate from Investigative Journalism
01.2017

University Overview

Pan African University

Certificate from Enterprise Development
01.2009

University Overview

The Polytechnic, Ibadan

Diploma from Mass Communication
01.2001

University Overview

GPA: Upper Credit

Molusi College
Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State

West African Senior School Certificate
01.1998

University Overview

Immaculate Heart Comprehensive High School
Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos

Junior Secondary School Certificate
01.1995

University Overview

Mate Nursery/Primary School
Ketu, Lagos

First School Leaving Certificate
01.1991

University Overview

Skills

  • An inspiring and visionary emerging media leader
  • A team player with a 'can-do' spirit
  • An outstanding journalist with strong passion for excellence, integrity, fear of God, the public good, and patriotism all aimed at positively impacting society and leaving footprints for posterity

Affiliations

Affiliations
African Press Network of the 21st Century

Awardshonours

Awardshonours
  • 03/01/13, Certificate of Participation, Ford Foundation, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) West Africa Youth Leadership Training, Accra, Ghana
  • 02/01/09, Certificate in Enterprise Development, Pan African University, Lagos
  • 04/01/07, Greatness Campaign Media Tour to Dublin, Ireland, One of ten Nigerian journalists selected to visit Dublin to experience the rich heritage of Guinness in Ireland.
  • 04/01/07, Certificate in Independent Writing and Publishing Skills, Workshop organized by Media Career Services and Writers’ Training Institute
  • 01/01/07, Nominee, Journalist of the Year, The Future Awards by REDSTRAT
  • 11/01/06, Finalist, Against All Odds Awards & TV Documentary, AART OF LIFE FOUNDATION Nigeria
  • 08/01/06, Certificate in Effective Management of NGOs, Centre for Management Development (CMD), Shangisha, Lagos
  • 09/01/05, Young Journalist of the Year in Nigeria Award (Second Runner-Up), Media Development Network (MDN), Nigeria
  • 04/01/05, Selected for the Inaugural Leadership for Health Programme, LEAP AFRICA for outstanding young Nigerians, sponsored by Nokia & the International Youth Foundation
  • 12/01/04, Winner, USAID/Community Reach Programme Prize for 'Best Reporting on Stigma Reduction', RED RIBBON AWARDS ON HIV/AIDS, organized by JAAIDS, Nigeria
  • 12/01/03, Winner, USAID/Community Reach Programme Prize for 'Best Reporting on Stigma Reduction', RED RIBBON AWARDS ON HIV/AIDS, organized by JAAIDS, Nigeria
  • 12/01/03, Winner, UNAIDS Prize for 'Best Reporting of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (Magazine Category)', RED RIBBON AWARDS ON HIV/AIDS, organized by JAAIDS, Nigeria

Conferencesmeetingsattended

Conferencesmeetingsattended
  • 07/01/17, Participant, Stakeholders Meeting on Basic Education/Electricity and its Regulation in Nigeria, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Amber Residence, Ikeja, Lagos
  • 07/01/17, Moderator, Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) Data Journalism Workshop, De-Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos
  • 06/01/17, Participant, Stakeholders Seminar on Whistleblowing and Legal Protection in Nigeria, House of Representatives, Abuja, Nigeria
  • 06/01/15, Convener, 4th Posterity Media Business Forum, Beyond MDGs: Improving Business and Expanding Sustainable Development in Nigeria through ICT, Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos
  • 03/01/13, Participant, ICPD West Africa Youth Leadership Conference, Accra, Ghana
  • 02/01/12, Convener, 3rd Posterity Media Business Forum, Three Years to 2015: The Imperative Roles of Nigerian Businesses in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos
  • 10/01/11, Convener, 2nd Posterity Media Business Forum, Beyond Oil: Turning Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry to a Truly-Lucrative Money-Spinner, Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos
  • 02/01/11, Convener, 1st Posterity Media Business Forum, Confronting Nigeria’s Real Estate Challenges Towards Achieving Affordable Housing for All, Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos
  • 12/01/09, Convener, The Gatekeepers Presentation Lecture, Towards Credible Elections and Deepening Democracy in Nigeria: The State, The Media and The People, Mr. Femi Falana, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos
  • 06/01/08, Member, Planning Committee: 2008 RISE National Interactive Youth Forum, Surulere, Lagos
  • 05/01/08, Delegate, 1st International Health Partnership and other Related Initiatives (IHP+) Civil Society Consultative Forum, World Bank and WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 04/01/08, Participant, Pan African Civil Society Health Development and Financing Strategy Development Conference, Abuja, Nigeria
  • 03/01/08, Facilitator, African HIV/AIDS & TB Advocates Review Meeting, US-based Treatment Action Group, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 02/01/08, Member, Organising Committee: 3rd Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights, Abuja, Nigeria
  • 11/01/07, Facilitator, Abia State HIV/AIDS Media & Civil Society Workshop, Umuahia, Abia State

Localgovernment

Localgovernment
Ijebu North

Hometown

Hometown
Ijebu-Igbo

Publications

Publications
  • OLUSOLA: An Icon of Man’s Humanity to Man, POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA, 09/01/10
  • THE GATEKEEPERS: An Abridged Biography of 20 of Nigeria’s Leading Newspaper and Magazine Editors and their Inspiring Contributions to Good Governance, Democracy and Better Life for All, POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA, 12/01/09
  • GOD AT WORK: Inspiring Testimonies from the Life and Early Ministries of Pastor Dr. James Akanbi, POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA, 08/01/09
  • MAXIMISING INTERNSHIP POTENTIALS: A practical, educative and inspirational guide for tertiary students on internship, POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA, 11/01/07
  • STRENGTHENING MEDIA REPORTING OF TB/HIV CO-INFECTION: LESSONS FROM NIGERIA, Abstract submitted at the International AIDS Conference, Mexico, 08/01/08
  • AT YOUR SERVICE: UNDERSTANDING HOW THE MEDIA WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU, Presentation at African HIV/AIDS/TB Activists Meeting organized by US-based Treatment Action Group, 03/17/08
  • GRANTING INTERVIEWS AND ANSWERING DIFFICULT MEDIA QUESTIONS: USEFUL TIPS, Presentation at African HIV/AIDS/TB Activists Meeting organized by US-based Treatment Action Group, 03/17/08
  • INTRODUCTION TO NEWSWRITING AND MEDIA RELATIONS’ TOOLS, Presentation at African HIV/AIDS/TB Activists Meeting organized by US-based Treatment Action Group, 03/17/08
  • NIGERIAN YOUTHS AND THE QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE, Opinion Article published on MTV Stay Alive Network, 01/01/08
  • ELECTORAL GRUMBLING FROM DUBLIN, Opinion Article published in Punch and Vanguard Newspapers, 05/01/07
  • HOW MUCH IS LIFE WORTH IN NIGERIA?, Opinion Article in Punch and Guardian Newspapers, 04/01/07
  • FIGHTING A STIGMA, World Association of Newspapers (WAN), www.rap21.org

References

References
  • MR. GBENGA OMOTOSO, Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, +2348051000582
  • PASTOR JAMES AKANBI, General Overseer, God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM), 2/4 Femi Bankole Close, Pab, Idimu, Lagos, Nigeria, jamesmer6y@yahoo.com, +2348033018128

Hobbies and Interests

Hobbies and Interests
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Photography
  • Travelling

Personal Information

Personal Information
  • Place of Birth: Ogun State
  • Place of Birth: Lagos
  • Date of Birth: 04/15/81
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Religion: Christianity

Timeline

Publisher/CEO
POSTERITY MEDIA
01.2018 - Current
Programme Director
Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF)
11.2016 - 12.2017
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
POSTERITY MEDIA NIGERIA
01.2009 - 10.2016
Programme Associate, Research and Communication
Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria
05.2006 - 12.2008
Reporter/Researcher
BRANDfaces Marketing Journal
01.2005 - 04.2006
Reporter/Researcher
THE WEEK MAGAZINE
10.2002 - 12.2005
Intern Reporter
THE WEEK MAGAZINE
09.2001 - 09.2002
Intern-Reporter, News & Current Affairs
Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation (Now Gateway Radio)
04.2000 - 07.2000
Pan African University
Certificate from Enterprise Development
The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Diploma from Mass Communication
Molusi College
West African Senior School Certificate
Immaculate Heart Comprehensive High School
Junior Secondary School Certificate
Mate Nursery/Primary School
First School Leaving Certificate
Columbia University
Certificate from Investigative Journalism
JOHNSON KOLAWOLE