A dedicated Kenyan Health and Science Journalist @NationAfrica . Views here are my own. RTs not endorsements

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ANGELA OKETCH
Position: CONTENT LEAD, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Where you work currently: KISUMU
When you began your career in journalism: 2014
Email: angieoketch99@gmail.com
Twitter: @angieoketch
Telephone: +254 721 74 82 30
Country: Kenya
Overview
Angela Oketch is a Senior Reporter with over 9 years of experience in strategic communications management and investigative journalism at the largest independent media group in East and Central Africa.
I have a proven track record in leading teams of up t…

What was your first job as a journalist?

writing on how disabled persons access HIV services

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

They are keeping the main stream media on toes

Annual Journalism Excellence Award

2015 - Art and Culture reporting

This was a story on how ropes used to commit suicide are sought-after items around Lake Victoria.

National Aids Control Council

2014 - Health

The story titled Village Casanovas, highlighted the widespread practise of wife inheritance which greatly undermined the spread of the disease.

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