LANRE ODUKOYA

* Trained a legion of contributors

* Reviewed to guarantee publication of healthy articles, retrained teammates to function optimally by the guidelines of operation

* Interfaced and organised mutually beneficial sessions between my organisations, celebrities, top government functionaries and private companies.

* Adapted several press releases into publishable articles for the Africa's leading news aggregating App, OperaNews.

* Designed the template for the entertainment columns of the three titles comprising Daily, Saturday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. Coordinated the entertainment team to deliver the juiciest stories all year-round, proposed and brokered special interview sessions with showbiz top brass like Richard Mofe Damijo, Sola Sobowale, Patience Ozokwor, Tuface Idibia, Olamide, Simi, Tiwa Savage among many others.

* Led entertainment committees overseeing Daily Telegraph Awards of Excellence, brokered meetings between the organisation and governors, senators and privileged personalities in government and other industry titans.

* Interviewed governors, first ladies and superstars in entertainment, sports and other lifestyle sectors.

Covered the arts, entertainment and society beats with compelling outings every Saturday.

Interviewed boardroom gurus, showbiz exponents and icons across other sectors including but not limited to health, telecoms, sports and education.

Dedicated columns of arts and entertainments were manned by me and were the go-to segments of the newspaper every Saturday

Traveled across the country to report social events, conducted high profile interviews and wrote some of the most salacious showbiz stories of the time.

• As the flagship celebrity weekly magazine, I wrote articles, shot photographs and interviewed high-net worth achievers who were ready to share mostly their grace to grass stories.
• Supervised graphic artists, post-production team members and other specialists to produce captivating and successful contents in the weekly title, quarterly all-gloss publication and the fashion magazines.
• Reviewed each society and entertainment article for grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, accuracy and compliance with quality standards.
• Managed EICs calendar of meetings, editorial tasks and overall publication.