press club of Moshood Abiola polytechnic went on an annual media tour on the 7th of April,2022 which I was privileged to witness.
The purpose of this annual tour is to enlighten students, especially Mass Communication students on the practical aspect of the profession and to help them know which area or field of journalism they want to venture in.
Our first stop was at 32fm, cocoa house, Dugbe in Ibadan. 32fm was Founded by Mr.Tunji Abioye in the year 2017. Our host, Miss Aramide took us to several departments like:
Commercial department; This is divided into three segments The TRAFFIC SEGMENT deals with advert programs.
MARKETING SEGMENT goes out to source for clients or customers.
FINANCE SEGMENT deals with a company’s financial account.
Engineering department; They take care and control all electronic devices and database used in the studio.
Then the News Room where the O.A.P’s stay to rehearse before going live.
The Production Studio:Is a place where voice and sound are recorded and edited before being broadcast. The head of the production popularly knowns as B. K showed us the instruments used in production and how they are used.
We were supposed to also explore the meeting room and broadcasting/live studio but the rooms were occupied so we had to leave since time was not on our side and we had to also visit another media house – Tribune Newspaper.
We were also warmly welcomed at Tribune Newspaper. The first place we entered after passing through the reception was their library where newspapers are kept. It was founded in November 16, 1949, and still running till date. Mr. Clement Ekan, one of the staff then took us to their "sales and marketing department" where journalists submit their stories for crosschecking and editing before printing.
After that, we went to the ICT room where we were first addressed by Dr. Kehinde Oyetimi before we were shown the printing machines, consoles, and laptops and how they work by Mr. Funsho Ilugbon.
The media tour made me know a lot of things about my profession that I never knew before and it equally opened my eyes to lots of opportunities inherent in the profession.
As the saying goes "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", after experiencing the practical aspect of journalism, we decided to catch fun by going to Shoprite in Ibadan, although not all of us bought something it was fun to window shop.
The media tour was indeed educative and memorable, I look forward to the next one.
Fakorede Kofoworola is an ND1 student of Mass Communication.
