Ndidichukwu Odoh
Abuja
Covers:
Education, Health, gender equality, research, energy, environment, agriculture, good governance, water & sanitation and other initiatives that touch on the lives of African people
journalist and communications specialist
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
to cover a press conference at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on Immunization Plus Days
Have you ever used a typewriter?
No
How is social media changing news?
It has made fake news more prominent than real news. However it makes news go faster
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Juddleonard Okafor
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It means going all out to do or write that one story that will change my society for good
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
great story ideas are good pitch for me
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
writing pads, laptop, internet, camera, google, resource persons, flourish, canva, etc
What's your favorite social network?
twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
My son
Why did you become a journalist?
My passion to tell stories, because i read novels a lot. My appreciation for arts. My desire to be a change agent. my pain at Africa backward
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
yes. I was the editor-in-chief
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
if it is not your passion do not do it
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Pitch about Breadwinner girls and challenge of poverty, gender equality and out of school problem in Nigeria
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Pitching about an investigation on Primary health care funding embezzlement.
What's your favorite drink?
water
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
hanging out with friends and family
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Judd Leonard of Daily Trust
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
that you make so much money, and my beat is for women
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