Purity Mwambia
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
Voice of America (VOA),
កម្មវិធីវិទ្យុពេលព្រឹក - វីអូអេ,
AllAfrica,
GlobalSecurity.org,
Dunia Kita - Voice of America | Bahasa Indonesia,
Polygraph.Info,
Dehai News
Covers:
Proliferation of firearms & arms trafficking, Human rights abuses, Corruption, and issues affecting women and children
Doesn't Cover:
Land related issues
Investigative Journalist.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Intern
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, when I was in college at Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.
How is social media changing news?
Pass
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Invisible journalist
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Truthseeker
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Pass
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Expertise for the subject is important. Knowing something already about the issue you want to investigate eg a nuance, a background etc
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Pass
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Pass
Why did you become a journalist?
Pass
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?
"Guns Galore" - It took 2 years to crack open the investigation and I am proud of the process it took. A dangerous work, but worth it.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Journalism is a life long commitment
When's the best time to pitch you?
Late at night
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Pass
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
Pass
What's your favorite drink?
Tea
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In the field working on the next story.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Pass
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That there are no investigative journalists in Africa
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