About The Ogene Newspaper

                                                  ABOUT THE OGENE  NEWSPAPER

(Ogene (gong) that sends out unique message)

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

Our Immediate Community:
Our immediate community is the entire towns that make up the old Aguata Local Government Area (L.G.A) in Anambra State.


Contact Address:
Secretariat: Shop 8/9, The Plaza, Ndikelionwu, Orumba North L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Tel. Nos.  +2348120708985, +2348173228006, +2348157829988, +2348147870370

Email: theogenenewspaper@yahoo.com, ogeneorumba@gmail.com


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