Examination of Professional Hazards in Journalistic Practice in Nigeria Using Tell Magazine

Every human engagement, professional is faced with a lot of hazards. These hazards to a large extent inhibit the productivity of the practitioners of any career. While some of these challenges are easily surmountable, it will take courage on the part of practitioners to be able to overcome others. It is a corollary from this that the work examines the nature of hazards that the Nigerian journalist is exposed to and proffer solutions on how such challenges can be addressed. Anchored on the authoritarian and social learning theories, the work adopted the survey research method. Findings revealed that the Nigerian journalist is indeed exposed to a number of hazards that have impeded on his or her daily reportorial activity, which include threat, molestation, verbal warning and poor welfare package amongst others. The work recommends that in improving the level of journalism practice in Nigeria i.e. in broadcast and print media, government should put structure in place to handle the hazards facing journalism practice in the country. Also media owners should increase the pay package of journalists employed in their organizations as this will go a long way to boost the morale of the journalists.