The essays written by three second-year students in the Department of Mass Media and Writing, School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University have been accepted for publication in Global Voices, an independent multilingual news media.

The well-researched essays by SMC students focused on digital media and environmental sustainability, protection, and/or awareness in Nigeria. The critical essays – which formed part of the requirements for the course Internet and Digital Communication (COM 202) – made the best grades were written by: Abolore Oreshade, Iretomiwa Adio, and Mariam Oyedele.

Global Voices (GV) will be publishing these essays in the series entitled Young Voices. The series was instituted in 2021 by Dr. Nwachukwu Egbunike, Facilitator of COM 202 and Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication. Dr. Egbunike was formerly Global Voices’ Editor for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Young Voices series offers a platform for nurturing young people to pursue careers as journalists. Global Voices through this series offers their international, multilingual news platform to highlight the work of young people. The School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University has pioneered this partnership with Global Voices, making it the first communication school to do so.

Abolore Oreshade, Iretomiwa Adio, and Mariam Oyedele will join a distinguished company of SMC Young Voices contributors. These include the pioneer 2021 cohort: Bolu Akindele, Victoria Audu, and Aniekan Augustine-Edet. The 2022 Young Voices team were: Juliana Amaefuna, Sharon-Sekemi Abiodun, Teslim Adekoya, Azara Tswanya, Ebubechukwu Iloba, Nicole Agu, Adaobi Egbunike, Frances Ibiefo, Hallefidel Onwuraokoye and Kamsiyochukwu Eze. The articles were equally translated into international languages like Arabic, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Malagasy, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Yoruba.