Best of Media
In a year when a lot happened locally and globally, a few media outfits did a great job of reporting and also shaping narratives. Here are six of the best media outfits from last year.
Arise TV
In a time when Nigerian media outfits wouldn’t talk in-depth about the EndSARS protests for fear of backlash from the government, Arise News stood its ground and never stopped reporting. The Nigerianowned channel which has studios in New York City, London, Johannesburg, Abuja and Lagos, got heavily fined by the National Broadcast Commission over their coverage of the protest. But won the people’s trust over the course of the year.
ThisDay Style
Renowned as one of the most popular magazines among fashion enthusiasts, ThisDay Style, in addition to fashion, also features a health and beauty as well as a lifestyle section.
The pullout which is a subsidiary of the popular newspaper publication ThisDay has featured prominent industry names on its cover, including Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Folorunso Alakija and afrobeats superstar, Wizkid, to name a few.
BellaNaija
Founded by Uche Pedro in 2006, BellaNaija is a lifestyle, entertainment, and fashion website headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
The website went on to birth two different subsidiaries—BellaNaija Weddings and BellaNaija Style—with the former having over five million followers on Instagram.
The Beat FM
Here is an exceptionally inspiring radio station, the one that a youthful population cosy up to for hot gossip around the world of culture. But it is not only these that the audience gets to enjoy – all-year-long, there are close-up interviews with celebrities and newsmakers on a long journey in their career or are on a new beginning in entertainment. The Beat FM 99.9 and its exciting OAPs have managed to sustain the efforts even with a pandemic still hanging in the clouds and there is no imminent dropping of tempo, it seems.
Classic FM
They play every song you know, it is why they are Classic FM 97.3. The Lagos-based radio station goes way back with their music, as far back as the ’60s. This is why the audiences who tune in to their dial tend to be quite diverse since their programming captures the far ends of the age spectrum including boomers and curious Gen Z that are seeking to connect with the past. It has been over a decade keeping up at this game and ageing with unchanging listeners all through, day and night.
Pulse
It is the ability to capture the interest of a digital generation whether millennial or Gen Z – Pulse, an innovative publishing brand plays to the yearnings of businesses, initiatives that are seeking to connect with their range of audiences mostly through a mobile phone and desktop derivatives. Their patrons are often struck by their ever adept view of what is new in the entertainment world.