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A one-day summit on how journalists can use and maximise social media networking in news reporting will hold in Lagos tomorrow, February 20th. The event tagged ‘Functional Social Networking for Nigerian Journalists’ is organised by Everything Journalism and the United Bank for Africa, and will hold at the amphitheatre, UBA House, Marina, Lagos. “We have seen the creative disruption happening in the media space. It is important that Nigerian media professionals get a clear understanding of this process and how to take advantage of it. We hope that by hosting this high profile discussion for the media, a clear path way will be mapped for the Nigerian media industry,” Phillips Oduoza, MD/CEO UBA said as he explained why the bank is sponsoring and hosting the event. Taiwo Obe, founder of Eveything Journalism Group and director of The Journalism Clinic, stated that at the end of the summit, not only would journalists “be more social-media friendly and savvy, but media owners, a number of whom have indicated their participation at the summit, should also have the zeal to change their mindsets to operate more efficiently, and profitably, in the digital age.” The four key questions to be answered by a team of media professionals and scholars are: Does One Platform Suit All? What Does It Profit Us? What Can You Teach Me About Social Media? and Ethics: Why It Matters in Social Networking? Panelists at the summit include Azubuike Ishiekwene, group managing director, Leadership Newspapers; Dr Anderson Ume-Eviegbo, principal, Dymore Vision Consulting and Dotun Oladipo, Lekan Otufodunrin, managing editor, online, The Nation; Wale Ajayi, head, department of mass communication, Lagos State Polytechnic, Qasim Akinreti, online journalist with the Voice of Nigeria, Dapo Olorunyomi, Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times; Shina Badaru, founder of Technology Times, and Yomi Omogbeja, editor of AthleticsAfrica. Others are Ms. Joke Kujenya, assistant editor, Investigations, The Nation; Tolu Ogunlesi, blogger and columnist; and Pelu Awofeso, a travel writer and travel book author. Gbenga Adefaye, editor-in-chief, Prof Emevwo Biakolo, dean of the Faculty of the School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos and Taiwo Obe will moderate the sessions. Dr. Pius Onobhayedo, an experienced IT and new media professional and Head of New Media Department, School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, will do a round-up of the sessions with a view to recommending action plans for execution by the journalists and media owners. There will also be a presentation on UBA’s Plc’s advancements on e-commerce.