User:Janet Otieno-Prosper

Janet Otieno-Prosper is an award-winning journalist with over ten years experience. She is currently an independent Editor based in Tanzania. She previously worked at the Citizen, Nation Media Group's English publication in Tanzania as a features editor where she helped to launch a health magazine.For the five years she served at the Citizen, she was at the forefront mentoring women journalists and championing for a gender equal newsroom. She also worked at Nation Media Group (https://www.nationmedia.com/) digital division in Nairobi as the editor in charge of Southern Africa Region until 2014 before her redeployment to Tanzania. She is passionate about health, women and children’s affairs, and environment. Janet is also a 2017 Tony Elumelu Foundation African Journalism Fellow, 2018 PesaCheck Fellow and International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) Fellow (https://www.icfj.org/). Education She holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from University of Nairobi. (https://www.uonbi.ac.ke/https://www.uonbi.ac.ke/) Place of Birth Janet was born in Rongo District in Kenya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya).