What was your first job as a journalist?
Covering campus news for a city newspaper
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Misinformation and fake news travel faster than the Truth and Journalists can easily fall prey to that.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
What does it mean to be a journalist?
As a journalist, I believe that good decisions are based on good information. For this to happen, people ought to have access to information and in a manner that they can understand to help them make informed decisions. I use my storytelling skills to analyze and translate technical information about scientific discoveries, health, research, and development and disseminate articles that can be understood across the board by professionals and the public. My mission is to empower people to use this information to advance the well-being of current and future generations.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
I can't recall
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
TinEye, DataPortals, Scanmarker
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Bill Gates
Why did you become a journalist?
I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.
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?
following an exposé on how doctors opened the head of the wrong patient in 2018, Members of the Kenyan Parliament opened a two-month investigation which led to critical changes at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the country’s leading referral hospital. The story was the largest special investigation on medical negligence in Kenya, making headlines both at home and abroad.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Choose a beat that you like and you will always be drawn to it.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime, just drop me an email
What's the best pitch you ever got?
The medical negligence story about Kenya's referral hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
None
What's your favorite drink?
Passion juice
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Netflix and chilling
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post and BBC
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it's complex and uninteresting.
