What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter for The Guardian Post newspaper
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes. My dad owned one when I was still a kid
How is social media changing news?
It is enhancing the immediacy of news, but is also a slippery slope facilitating the spread of disinformation and fake news, when misused.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Anas Aremeyaw
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It requires having the desire and more importantly, ability to gather, treat and disseminate information to the masses.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I fancy being given directives a story should take, but with the liberty to explore uncharted terrains and daring sources.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Social media platforms for collecting information. Software include WordPress for dissemination, TapeACall for recording
What's your favorite social network?
WhatsApp
Who do you wish followed you?
Declan Okpalaeke
Why did you become a journalist?
To give a voice to those who have none, as well as to promote and preserve cultural heritage through my works.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No I did not. We never had one.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
An article on protesting kidney patients at Cameroon's University Teaching Hospital in Yaounde in 2021.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Remain pushful and diligent, and create valuable connections. Everything will work out in time.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
It was for an article on the pride of being Cameroonian
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
A story on the murder of a kid in Cameroon's embattled English-speaking regions
What's your favorite drink?
CASTEL beer
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At a concert or show
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Poise Social
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Many people think entertainment and culture are a shallow beat and should be only about concerts and buzz.
