What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing small fillers in a national newspaper
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Journalists can get information instantly but need to verify facts
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Eyes, ears and even the nose of society.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Through email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
computer, phone, internet
What's your favorite social network?
Instagram
Who do you wish followed you?
Richard Branson
Why did you become a journalist?
Passion about telling African stories from an African perspective
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We had none
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Morans take up unlikely duties - How uneducated young Masai men came to rescue of women in distress for lack of doctors in rural Kenya.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Dont just tell - expain
When's the best time to pitch you?
Any time
What's the best pitch you ever got?
eeh, cant remember
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
None
What's your favorite drink?
milk
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
volunteer work
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The Guardian (UK)
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That we are troublemakers out to create mountains out of molehills. If that's the case them journalists are miracle workers!
