BA, MA, Journalist, born: July 19, 1958, Minna, Niger State; Education: Baptist Academy, 1970-1974, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, 1974,Educated in History and Public Communications at the University of Lagos, Akoka and Fordham University, New York respectively, he has a rich experience in journalism, publishing, and information management. A respected writer, author, trainer, and editor, he is a fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and member, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations. He has worked as a media consultant with the United States Information Services (USIS), managing partner of Richard Munds and in many respected newsrooms and editorial suites as a writer (Daily Times), reporter\/head of investigating team (The Guardian on Sunday), assistant editor (The Democrat Weekly), and editor\/deputy editor-in-chief (Thisweek). He was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalistic Excellence by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism on December 9, 2011.<\/p>\n
He is quite active on the media education circuit as a participant and resource person. His published works include:<\/p>\n
AUTHORED:<\/p>\n
Idowu, Lanre (2009) The Popular is Seldom Correct: Selected writings on Governance, Media and Democracy, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-52-
\nIdowu, Lanre (2009) Bridges of Memory, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-39-8
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Idowu Lanre, ed. (2017) Glorifying God\u2019s faithfulness since 1867: The story of St. Jude\u2019s Church. Diamond Publications. ISBN (Paperback)
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2015) Voices from Within: Essays in honour of Sam Amuka, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-90-9 (Paperback)
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2014). FOUR DECADES AFTER\u2026.Reflection on Our Years at Baptist Academy. Diamond Publications. ISBN: 978-978-2938-87-9 (Paperback).
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2011) Watching the Watchdogs: Media Review at 20, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-73-2 (Cased), 978-978-2938-74-9 (Paperback).
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2011) Master of His Age: The story of Anthony Enahoro, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-72-5 (Cased), 978-978-2938-66-4 (Paperback)
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2011) Nigerian Columnists and their Art, Diamond Publications ISBN 978-978-2938-64-0 (Cased), 978-978-2938-65-7 (Paperback)
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2005) Gentleman of the Press: The Press on Tunji Oseni\u2019s passage. ISBN978-2938-29-7 (Paperback).
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2001) Watching the Watchdogs: Media Review at 10, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-2928-10-6 (Paperback)
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2001) Diamonds are Forever: The Story of DAME at Ten, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-2938-13-0
\nIdowu, Lanre, ed. (2000) The Media and the Legislature, Nigerian Guild of Editors. ISBN 978-2938-11-4 (Paperback)
\nCO-EDITED:<\/p>\n
Goodie M. Ibru, John Akintayo, Nwudego Chinwuba and Lanre Idowu, eds. (2017). Law, Tourism and Hospitality. Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978\u201454332-3-4 (Paperback).
\nGoodie M. Ibru, John Akintayo and Lanre Idowu, eds. (2013). THE LAW OF DEFAMATION: Challenges in the Face of Rapid ICT Developments. Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-85-5 (Paperback).
\nIdowu, Lanre and Oyinlola, Ademola, eds. (2011) TELL: Courage in Print, Diamond Publications. ISBN-978-978-2938-67-1 (Cased cover), 978-978-2938-68-8 (Paperback).
\nIdowu, Lanre and Godwin, Gillian, eds. (2008) Shared Values: Understanding Issues in Nigeria-Britain Relations, Diamond Publications. ISBN 978-978-2938-40-4 (Cased)
\nOseni, Tunji and Lanre Idowu, (2000), eds. Hosting 140th Anniversary of the Nigerian Press, Tosen Consult. ISBN971-047-701-2 (Paperback)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25081,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12937","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25799,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12937\/revisions\/25799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12937"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}