Conversation with Culton Scovia
Meet Culton Scovia, a broadcast journalist from Uganda whose pitch on African Free Movement earned her one of the highly coveted AWIM Awards with a grant of $2000. In this edition of AWIM Spotlight, Culton shares the story behind THE story. Please tell us about yourself I am a broadcast journalist, currently working with BBS […]
Conversation with Christabel Ligami
Christabel Ligami, one of the award winners at the awim19 conference shares snippets of her career journey while talking about the place of data and policy in journalism. Please tell us about yourself My name is Christabel Ligami, a Kenyan freelance journalist. I am a multi-award-winning journalist both internationally and regionally. I have a masterâs […]
Conversation with Mary Mwendwa
Mary Mwendwa, a Journalist with a background in science tells us why she pitched her award-winning story at the AWIM19 pitch zone and tells us why she tells stories from a place of depth and passion. Please tell us about yourself I am a freelance journalist and editor for an online publication calledâŠwww.talkafrica.co.ke ( Talkafrica) […]
Conversation with Zahara Tunda
Zahara Tunda, one of the award winners at the just concluded African Women in Media Conference lets us into her world as she talks about her background, professional journey and drive for data journalism in this interview. Kindly tell us about yourself My name is Zahara Tunda and I was born in 1994, in Dar […]
Conversation with Christine Mungai
Can you share with us a bit about your journey? Iâm a writer and journalist based in Nairobi and with eight years of newsroom experience. My journalism career began in 2010 when I joined The East African newspaper, where I reported on politics, security, business, culture and the arts. In 2014, I joined the Mail […]
Conversation with Pascale G. Serra
Can you share with us a bit about your journey? I am a filmmaker from The Central African Republic and the CEO of my company named Illustro Productions. After I graduated from university in Paris, I went back to my country and realized that many things had to be done within the audio-visual sector. Alongside a […]
Conversation with Pascale G. Serra
Can you share with us a bit about your journey? I am a filmmaker from The Central African Republic and the CEO of my company named Illustro Productions. After I graduated from university in Paris, I went back to my country and realized that many things had to be done within the audio-visual sector. Alongside a […]
Conversation With Chika Oduah
Chika Oduah is an award-winning multimedia journalist, poet, writer and photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Voice of America, Al-Jazeera, CNN, The Atlantic, National Geographic magazine, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, among other media outlets. As a broadcast reporter and commentator on current affairs in Africa, she has appeared on-air for […]
Conversation With Funke Durodola-Treasure
Funke-Treasure Durodola is a broadcast journalist, certified media trainer, speech and leadership coach. She is the first female journalist to manage an all-news radio station in the Radio Nigeria Network and indeed the Nigerian broadcast industry. She has spent more than two decades as a broadcaster; presenting and producing programmes; and anchoring news She is […]
Conversation With Sumeya Gasa
Tell us about yourself My name is Sumeya Gasa. I am a 25-year-old award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and researcher based in Johannesburg. After graduating from the University of Witwatersrand, I went on to work as a multimedia journalist, first, with News24 and later joining Chronicle – the multimedia partner to the Daily Maverick. During my […]
