Innocent Eteng
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Prime Progress,
Yahoo News,
The Christian Science Monitor,
Premium Times,
TRT World,
AllAfrica,
TheCable,
YES! Magazine,
Everand,
El Salto,
Women's Media Center
and
Covers:
Religion, social justice, health, democracy, environment, minority rights.
A journalist reconstructing the African narrative. Founder/publisher of @PrimeProgressng, Nigeria's leading solutions journalism platform.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
A profile of an 83-year-old poor man begging on the streets of Nigeria's Port Harcourt city, titled:At 83 Equatorial Guinea Returnee Cries Hundry Dey Wire Me
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
Complex
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Frank Nwosu
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be curious
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Google web scapper
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
They are too many to mention
Why did you become a journalist?
To be a voice for the needy
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?
Profiles of characters under the Spiritual Exemplars project of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be focused
When's the best time to pitch you?
Mornings
What's the best pitch you ever got?
One approved by the Christian Science Monitor on how documentary film sparked social change.
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
The one that is turned down almost before it.lands.
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Church, office, table tennis board
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Guardian
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Strange
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