User:Copperfield Lagat

Copperfield Lagat(born February 22, 1991 in Chepterit, Nandi County)is a Kenyan journalist with proficiency in Sports, technology, energy and Agricultural stories. He has special love for athletics and is among journalists who determinedly realized their way into mainstream media.

He went to Tarokwo, Segut, Kabongwa and Kamonjil schools in his primary school levels between 1996 and 2003. He joined Baraton Adventist Secondary School in 2003 and shifted to Wareng High School in 2005-2006.He joined University of Eastern Africa, Baraton in 2009, where he enrolled for a BA in English Literature. He later developed unrelenting love for Journalism and started writing stories of campus football and basketball competitions while at the university. The stories were published in a campus annual book.

In 2011,he moved to Eldoret in search of a job after suffering financial constriction and which forced him to drop out of campus. While looking for employment in Eldoret, Kenya, his love for sports journalism ignited moments after establishing contacts with Elias Makori (The 2012 IAAF World Journalist of the Year), who was then the Sports Editor for Daily Nation. Lagat would take keen attention on Makori's advises and his stories were used.

Earlier on after dropping out of University of Eastern Africa, Lagat worked with Mirror Newspaper (Kenya) and Kass Weekly (Kass Media Group) newspapers, where he covered general stories in Northrift counties of Elgeyo Marakwet, Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties.

Lagat, a last born in a family of eight children,earned a correspondence job with Daily Nation )as from July 2013 to date) where he writes sports stories from the athletics rich Northrift Region.He also reports general stories for the daily paper. He is focused and hopes to clinch global sports honor. Elias Makori and Jonathan Komen are his mentors.

Contacts: lagatcopperfield@gmail.com/ clagat@ke.nationmedia.com

References:

1.http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Jeptoos-win-is-familys-triumph-over-poverty---/-/1100/2293728/-/8bh9faz/-/index.html

2.http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Africa-ripe-to-host-Olympics-Thomas-Bach-IOC-president/-/1090/2334300/-/ct5u4u/-/index.html

3. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Town-erupts-into-Jeptoo-cheers/-/1090/2289672/-/10nkld5z/-/index.html

4. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Kimetto-sets-sights-on-Boston-title/-/1090/2287040/-/2gxrb4/-/index.html

5. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/First-Lady-in-Iten-ahead-of-race/-/1090/2249176/-/wxfpkpz/-/index.html

http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Iconic-Florence-Kiplagat-back-home-after-Barcelona-feat/-/1100/2232512/-/dys5gez/-/index.html

6. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/othersports/Top-cyclists-eye-berths-in-Kenya-teams/-/1951306/2232374/-/141vgov/-/index.html 7. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Lay-off-our-earnings/-/1090/2156746/-/xnvk8q/-/index.html

8. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Record-holder-Kipsang-eager-for-London-marathon-showdown-/-/1100/2147760/-/u8ghm5z/-/index.html

9. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/Froome-urges-state-to-nurture-young-talent-for-future-success-/-/1090/2069524/-/1239blgz/-/index.html

10. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Priscah-Jeptoo-marathon-has-just-began/-/1100/2072088/-/10ybw63z/-/index.html

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