ABOUT THE OGENE NEWSPAPER
The Ogene Newspaper is one of the soon to be launched community papers in Nigeria. Our immediate community and our area of coverage is the
entire towns that make up the old Aguata Local Government Area (L.G.A) in
Anambra State, Nigeria.
We're out to promote community journalism in Nigeria, and make it to be more vibrant. Its Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Success Kanayo Uchime, a native of Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Local Government Area, is a seasoned journalist with many years of experience and training.
Our Team
The Ogene Newspaper has a very strong team, and they are as follows:
Management
Success Uchime - Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
Ngozi Uchime - Managing Editor
Patrick Muo - Executive Editor
CORRESPONDENTS
Kanayo Ufele
Ray Kanu
Obi Okeke
Ogonna Umeh
Ikenna Nwosu
EDITORIAL ADVISERS
Prof. Chinyere Okunna
Lekan Otufodunrin
Chike Uchime
Ejikeme Omenazu
Geoffrey Umeh
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Chinedu Uchime
COLUMNISTS
Blessing Rufus
Elisha Udechukwu
Chike Uchime
Chidi Irolewe
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Ebere Agonsi
Ogechukwu Ukagha
Our
definition of community newspaper: A
community newspaper is a publication that the vast
majority of its news contents are mainly sourced from its immediate local
community.
Our
Slogan/philosophy: “Impacting our Community.”
VISIONTo promote grassroots journalism through unbiased local coverage of news stories within our community.
GOAL
1.To make regional, national and international news
stories relate by finding a significant local angles to them.
2. To be an award-winning and outstanding community newspaper.
MISSION 1. We are to embrace our civil role by promoting the general welfare of our community.
2. We will be key stakeholders and players in the forces that will help build and celebrate our community by setting laudable agendas for the discourse of every member of our community.
3. We are going to serve as a breeding place for ideas and opinions within our community.
4. We are to be locally oriented, by producing professional news coverage that typically focuses on our neighborhoods, individual small towns village, rather than metropolitan state, national or world news.
5. We will promote transparent grassroots - journalism that will give our community a voice to be heard.
PHILOSOPHYJournalism centered upon truth leads to affection among the people.
OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITYOur immediate community is the entire towns that make up the old Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State.
OUR CORE CORPORATE VALUESThe Ogene Newspaper is to strongly uphold the core values of Teamwork, Respect, Uniqueness, Sincerity, and Transparency (T.R.U.S.T).
T = Teamwork – We strongly believe that working as a team will enhance our productivity and efficiency.
R = Respect – We're committed to respecting the views of our customers (readers), and other stakeholders.
U = Uniqueness – We are to always appear very unique, special and unusual in our contents.
S = Sincerity – We are to maintain a high level of sincerity in our dealing with our customers (readers).
T = Transparency – We believe that being transparent in dealing with people will make them trust us enough to partner with us.
Our Slogan/philosophy:
“Impacting our
Community”
Our
format: 24-page tabloid
