Joshua Olufemi
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Dataphyte,
Medium,
That Was The Week (Podcast),
Premium Times,
AllAfrica,
Sahara Reporters,
TheCable,
Mail & Guardian,
The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR),
HT Syndication,
National Daily Newspaper
and
Covers:
Business, Health, Extractive, Security, Agriculture, Budget and Public Procurement, Environment and Gender
Building @Golokaanalytics
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
To profile a secondary school Principal
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
It enabling the newsrooms and journalists to reach their readers but it's has become a tool to discredit and/or mislead journalists
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
George Orwell
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To have the passion, skill and ethical compass to report events, issues and expose facts that institutions wouldn't want revealed.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
None
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Present the hypothesis and the impact of the problem on the public
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
OpenRefine, Datawrapper, theAtlas, Tableau, Webscrapper, Online2PDF
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Nate Silver and Dan Keating
Why did you become a journalist?
To give voice to the plight of the under-served and excluded in the society. To hold authorities to account.
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?
SPECIAL REPORT: How the National Assembly’s public account committees engage in massive money laundering
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Take the time to learn the robes and don't always forget it must be in the interest of the public to make it investigative.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Always
What's the best pitch you ever got?
To investigate 8-year oil and gas revenue of Nigeria
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
To report my own plight
What's your favorite drink?
Water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
With family or friends
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
QUARTZ
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Always about bad people and corruption and less about solution
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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