Caren Waraba
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Citizen Digital,
Anchor.fm
Covers:
Female Genital Mutilation, Gender Based Violence, Sports, Education,
Doesn't Cover:
N/A
muckrack.com/caren-waraba
Multiple Award winning Journalist, AJEA
#Royalmediaservices
Merck Foundation More than a Mother Africa Media Awards-Winner
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Presenting news in my mother tongue language.
How is social media changing news?
Everybody can access the news in a second.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
#SamiaSuluhuHassan on women Atheletees.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
By email.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Adobe audition,
What's your favorite social network?
BBC Swahili, VOA Swahili, DW, KBC, Facebook, LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
BBC Swahili, VOA Swahili, DW, CRI Swahili
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Female Genital Mutilation, Paralymbics, HIV
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep working hard and inventing new story ideas
When's the best time to pitch you?
Morning hours between 6am to 11am
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
News
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
"Women cannot do anything"
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