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Catherine Gicheru
Catherine Gicheru was the founding editor of Kenya’ s daily, the Star Newspaper. Long before founding the Star in 2007, Catherine had set the pace as the first female news editor and investigations editor for the Nation Media Group. She is an ICFJ Knight Fellow keen on data journalism and creating strategies for fighting disinformation across borders. Catherine serves on the executive committee of Code for Africa. This is a media innovation nonprofit organization started by ICFJ Knight Fellows. She is also a member of the board of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She is also a recipient of the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award. In playing her role to ensure transparent and accountable journalism, she co-founded PesaCheck, East Africa’s budget and public finance fact checking and verification initiative. In 2019, they worked with Kenya Community Media Network to provide fact-checking and verification skills at urban and rural community radio stations across the country. She also leads WanaData (“Daughters of Data"), a network of African women journalists, data scientists, and developers working together to create data-driven content for African newsrooms.