What was your first job as a journalist?
Sports reporter
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Social media is bringing news closer to the people and it has helped to get information real quick.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Telling stories that inspire, inform and bring about transformation to the masses.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
I cannot remember
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Make Your Subject Line Sizzle
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Research and Monitoring: Google Alerts and Feedly. Communication and Collaboration:Slack or Microsoft Teams, Canva
What's your favorite social network?
WhatsApp and LinkedIn
Who do you wish followed you?
Former U.S. President Barack Obama
Why did you become a journalist?
I had the desire to tell stories that have an impact to the society and which can bring transformation.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
I was in a journalism club but we did not have a newspaper.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Kenyan attorney on a mission to give orphaned girls a better chance at life
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
They have to embrace digital media in order to tell their stories in a simple way while targeting both young and old.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
A pitch about 80-year-old man doing apple farming and raking in money in Kenya's Great Rift Valley.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I cannot remember
What's your favorite drink?
Lemon water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Relaxing under a tree
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Economist
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That it is simple
