View on Zencastr Peace Hillary is an accomplished Rwandan journalist with over 20 years of experience in the media profession. She serves as the Managing Director of Family Magazine, which focuses on gender issues, family promotion, women’s empowerment, combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and family conflicts. In episode 26 of Her Media Diary podcast, Peace shares…
Ms Vivian Chime is a multiple award-winning climate reporter and the head of the climate desk at ‘The Cable’ a Nigerian-based online newspaper. She speaks to AWiM News about her childhood dream of telling community-focused stories and how fate led her to her dreams which she is now living through climate reporting. ____ It is…
Women journalists in Kenya face violent threats when covering news stories but the work they do is vital for public communication and awareness hence they suffer in silence. Caroline Katana speaks with a Radio journalist to hear some of the experiences female journalists face and what needs to be done to ensure security and safety….
Women remain significantly underrepresented in editorial leadership roles and news coverage, their voices muted in an industry dominated by men. In countries with multi-racial populations, women of colour experience even greater marginalisation in news leadership and coverage. This culture of exclusion has had a knock-on effect on women’s news consumption which is in significant decline….
As journalists, we must hold power to account, and share stories that matter to those within society. We interview, write and publish people’s stories for a living. But sometimes that isn’t enough when we are required to do more to make a real difference. — In July, we hosted a Twitter conversation on Reporting violence…
Introducing Bokani King, a multi-skilled and enterprising journalist who has just joined Women in News (WIN) as their new Chairperson. AWiM News got to hear first-hand about her journey as a female journalist and the vast ideas she plans to implement in her new position to achieve gender equality in the media. — In a…
Gender inequality remains to be an issue in every sector, especially those that were historically deemed as male-dominated professions. A depiction of journalism in the early 19th century consists of women being told their place of work was at home. Any woman with the aspiration of being a journalist was struck down and told it…
In this episode of #HerMediaDiary Kenyan journalist, Julia Majale talks about her journey to becoming the Managing Editor of Tuko Media. Julia discusses how her early life shaped her leadership skills and the enduring influence of her father and grandmother. She challenges journalists to seize opportunities and to take on extra roles that stretch them,…
Dr Mercy Korir talks to Sharon Barang’a about why she left clinical practice to become a health journalist Growing up in Kapsoit, in rural Kericho County in Kenya, Mercy Korir always wanted to be a doctor. She always topped her class, and top performers were encouraged to pursue medicine. Her headteacher – Mr Gathii –…
Three years ago, three university students were at the cusp of their journalism careers, looking forward to starting their journeys in newsrooms in Zimbabwe. However, they met with unforeseen roadblocks. Nicole Kurebwasweka couldn’t get placement for the industrial attachment unit of her journalism course at the University of Zimbabwe. The production department of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation turned her down, saying they…
Nelly Ating has been documenting the plight of child victims of Boko Haram, in the norther part of Nigeria. Ating, a photojournalist, focuses on the trauma inflicted on the children by the militia. While telling the stories of children caught up in the crosshairs of conflict is Ating’s driving force, she told AWiM News that…
Culton Scovia Nakamya, a reporter at BBS Television in Uganda, was the only female journalist on Robert “Bobi Wine” Kyagulanyi’s campaign trail. On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, she joined Kyagulanyi, the main opposition candidate for the January 2021 election, who was heading to Kalangala, a tourist district that is part of the popular Ssese Islands. Nakamya was looking forward to visiting the island for…
