Ekpali Saint on Muck Rack

Ekpali Saint

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(He/Him)
Abuja
Covers:  Environment, religion, health, and other development issues.
Freelance journalist| Words: @AJEnglish, @fairplanet, @africaarguments, @americamag, @EpochTimes, @TheICIR,etc.E: ekpalijoseph@gmail.com

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

To document and unpack issues around the Nigeria's National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme reintroduced in 2016 by the Buhari-led administration

How is social media changing news?

Complex

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Giving people hope by monitoring and covering development or covering how people are responding to social problems

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

email

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter

Who do you wish followed you?

The (development) editor, The Guardian UK

Why did you become a journalist?

To report on issues that will drive positive impact

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

It's a story on how a nonprofit is providing free repair surgery to women with fistula.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Best time to pitch me - early morning (between 7am and 9am) and evening (between 7pm and 10pm) via email.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Study room

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

The Guardian UK

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

Strange

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