Edwin Okoth
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Medium,
MSN,
MSN Australia,
MSN Singapore,
MSN UK,
UOL,
El País,
Reuters,
Terra,
The Guardian
and
Covers:
Human rights, business , finance, economics , environment/climate change , migration and cross border fraud
Doesn't Cover:
religion
Multimedia Freelance Journalist. An alumnus of @columbiajourn, New York👨🎓 .Fellow @risj_oxford.Bylines @thetimes, @guardian, @TBIJ , @Reuters, @NationAfrica
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Edwin Okoth’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I grew up in rural Kenya in the 90s when Kenya had a powerful president who clung onto power for 24 years. Whenever he visited, there would be heavy security around him, a rope tied to keep the curious public far from him and mean looking uniformed military men carrying guns to watch.
I got curious about a group of men and women who could hop in an out of the ‘protected area’ at will. They had cameras with long lenses and I thought they are the most powerful people on the venue because unlike t…
Edwin Okoth’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 14 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Business reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
It makes the story easy to research but complex to write because there are aspects already known