Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Training
Timeline
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Mary Wambui Chege

Murang'a, Murang'a District

Summary

I am a tenacious Kenyan journalist with on-the-ground experience in frontline reporting from conflict zones in Kenya to war zones in Somalia and Eastern DRC.


However, on a day-to-day basis, I source stories, analyze crime trends, reports, and undertake special projects, all the while offering journalistic integrity in all situations.


Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Security Reporter

The Eastleigh Voice
02.2024 - Current
  • Write and submit accurate, engaging, and fact-checked stories.
  • Researching and producing daily news reports.
  • Collaborating with other journalists and departments to produce well-rounded and comprehensive news coverage.
  • Developed and maintained a network of contacts to facilitate story development.
  • Analysing trends in crime and security for publishing.

Crime reporter

Nation Media Group
12.2015 - 01.2024
  • Company Overview: Nation Media Group is the leading media company in East and Central Africa with footprints across Africa delivering high quality content for Kenya and the region in its print, broadcast and digital channels.
  • Collecting and analyzing information on security and crimes happening in Nairobi and across the country including but not limited to police killings.
  • Writing news and feature articles mainly for the Daily Nation and Nation.Africa and occasionally The East African, Business Daily and Taifa Leo.
  • Analyzing reports and publications on trends in Crime, Human Rights Violations and peace initiatives. As well as those touching on the eradication of these particular topics.
  • I have reported on this beat actively since January 2016, most of my articles have been on major crime happenings in Nairobi and around the country.

News intern

The Standard Group
05.2015 - 10.2015
  • Company Overview: The Standard Group is another leading newspaper in the country with platforms in Print, Broadcast and digital spaces.
  • General News and Features writing
  • Photography

Graduate Intern

Embu County Government (Communications Department)
06.2014 - 08.2014
  • Media Monitoring (Newspapers, Radio, Television and On-line Media)
  • Writing press statements and press releases.
  • Monitoring and updating the County Government's Website and Wikipedia Platforms.
  • Monitoring and updating the County government's social media platforms.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communication and Media

Chuka University
10-2014

Skills

  • News sourcing and writing
  • Crime trends analysis
  • War and conflict reporting
  • Investigative reporting
  • Data analysis and presentation
  • Photography

Accomplishments

  • Covered first hand the al-Shabaab war in Somalia first-hand in 2021.
  • Covered the war in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo first-hand in April 2023 and 2024.
  • Been actively on the frontlines covering the renewed operation against banditry in the country in the North Rift region, in recent times.
  • Consulted for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s Plead Project II as a communications specialist on behalf of the Monitoring and Evaluation Lead researcher in 2022.

Affiliations

Member, Crime Journalists Association of Kenya

Member, IGAD Hub for journalists reporting on P/CVE


Training

  • Certified member of the IGAD on gender sensitive reporting on violent extremism and terror stories. (2023)
  • Certified in Advanced Data Journalism by Internews, Kenya. (2022)
  • Certified by the National Counterterrorism Centre and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on reporting on Violent Extremism in Kenya (2021).
  • Certified on Journalists' Safety while reporting on conflict and war by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2020).
  • Certified in Death Penalty Advocacy Training by Amnesty International, Kenya (2019).
  • Certified in Gender sensitive reporting by The Woman's Newsroom Foundation (2019).


Timeline

Security Reporter

The Eastleigh Voice
02.2024 - Current

Crime reporter

Nation Media Group
12.2015 - 01.2024

News intern

The Standard Group
05.2015 - 10.2015

Graduate Intern

Embu County Government (Communications Department)
06.2014 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Communication and Media

Chuka University
Mary Wambui Chege