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Catherine Gicheru is a Kenyan journalist and investigator. Her works in the media industry has been positively impacting across Africa and beyond, a veteran media personality of laudable achievements

Career
Catherine, arguably one of the most populous female figures in news media Africa, a powerful woman with a positive influence in the news media across the continent of Africa and her works are laudable as her awards and honors stand as proof to her many achievements since the start of her career as a journalist. Catherine, a veteran with decades of media coverage and publications to her name - most of which are as an investigative editor, covering local politics in Kenya. . An outstanding fellow of ICFJ Knights, Catherine is advancing data journalism and being at the forefront of combating disinformation across Africa through Code for Africa, a non-profit civic tech and and media innovation.

Records

 * Founding editor of the Star Newspaper
 * First Kenyan IWMF Courage in Journalism award winner (1992)
 * First female bureau chief (1994) and news editor (1999) of the Nation Media Group

Works
Catherine published a Journalist Fellows Paper with Reuters Institute (where she was a fellow between 2013 and 2014), titled - "The Challenges Facing Independent Newspapers in Sub-Saharan Africa". Her works cuts across working with professionals and also with students, as she enlightens everyone about the importance of facts and data accuracy in news report; avoiding dis and misinformation

Affiliations and Membership

 * Fellow, Nieman Harvard University
 * Co-founder, PesaCheck (Kenya’s first fact-checking news site)
 * Lead, Code for Africa’s community initiatives
 * Head, Code for Africa's the Hacks/Hackers community
 * Country Manager, Code for Kenya
 * Lead, WanaData (“Daughters of Data")
 * Member, Board of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Awards and Honors

 * 1988 - Nieman Fellowship


 * 1992 - International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) Courage in Journalism award

Publications
Co-authored S.M. Otieno, Kenya's Unique Burial Saga (Nation Media Group - January 1987)

The Challenges Facing Independent Newspapers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Reuters Institute - 2014)

African Muckrackers: 75 years of Investigative Journalism in Africa (Jacana Media - January 2017)