ICONS Organization, a new agency under the aegis of the Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University has emerged as the winner in the Inter-News Agency Oratory contest held on Wednesday, 1st of May.
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The contest had 8 various inter-news agencies lock horns on the topic ‘The Impacts of Technology on Modern Journalism’ with one representative each. Some of the participants spoke about the positive impact of utilizing technological advancements in journalism. They highlighted the benefits of audiovisual innovations which have enabled news outlets to deliver news more effectively to their audiences.
Other participants addressed how the use of AI in Journalism may consequently have a negative impact, among other effects. The winner, Olufayo Omolayo a representative of the ICONS organization together with other representatives went further for a second round to buttress their points in the first round,
Onwe Chisom, a representative from ASPOB News Agency emerged as the second in the oratory contest, while Amarachi Godswill-Nwankwo, a representative from Medivoice News Agency emerged as the third.
Other participants in the Oratory contest were Akinreti Comfort from Kowee News Agency, Mould Precious from Public Voice News Agency, Kolawole Oreoluwa from Infocus News Agency, and Eniola Rahmat Idris from NCB News Agency.