The challenges of development of Journalism in Nigeria

Abstract

Development journalism is perceived as alternative journalism that primarily focuses on
national development especially in the third world countries. This paper examines the reasons for
dissociation from the advancement perspective of the developed world, the challenges faced by
development journalism and discusses the way the nation should go to attain her desire in the
committee of nations Library research was used to generate secondary data for this paper. The
writing is anchored on the theoretical proposition of development theory of the press which
persuades the developing nations to engage in development journalism. The paper suggests that
Nigeria press should generate and manage contents to help society build consensus for the needed
changes and growth.