Taiwo George, ex-TheCable editor, wins Media Trust excellence award

Taiwo George, a former editor at TheCable, has won the Media Trust Group Excellence Award.

Media Trust Limited is the company that publishes the Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, and Sunday Trust. The company’s excellence and integrity awards celebrate outstanding staff members annually.

Speaking after winning the award, George described the recognition as a challenge that will drive him to “scale up with my team members to think more and add value” to the company.

“There is a common saying that the reward of hard work is more work. For us in the online department, the work is very tough; there have been many sleepless nights trying to stay on top,” he said.

“I am delighted that we didn’t bring the company into trouble in any form, like litigation, or put the brand in a bad light. The only thing we have going for us as a company is trust; once the trust is gone, there is nothing left. On this award, I must say this is very encouraging, not just to me but to the team members.

“I am happy, and I hope I will not disappoint because, as I said, it’s not just receiving this award; there is a standard and a measure that is being expected. So, I will try to scale it up with my team members to think more and add value to what we do.”

George led TheCable’s editorial from 2017 until February 2021, before Kolapo Olapoju, the incumbent editor, took over from him.