NMG journalists dominate media excellence awards

The Nation’s acting Special Projects Editor John Kamau was feted Journalist of the Year by the Media Council of Kenya on May 3, 2016. He also bagged the business reporting award. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  ANNE OKUMU

What you need to know:

  • Special Projects Editor John Kamau also bagged the business reporting award.

  • Other NMG staffers feted at the event include Nation’s Veronica Okeyo and Abiud Ochieng.

  • Nation's Cheboite Kigen got the Photographer of the Year award.

  • During the gala, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga called on journalists not to become PR agents.

Nation Media Group (NMG) journalists dominated the fifth Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) on Wednesday, scooping most of the trophies, including the prestigious Journalist of the Year Award.

The Nation’s acting Special Projects Editor John Kamau was feted the journalist of the year. He also bagged the business reporting award. 

Other NMG staffers honoured at the event include the Nation's Veronica Okeyo and Abiud Ochieng, who won the gender reporting and good governance reporting awards, respectively. Cheboite Kigen received the Photographer of the Year award.

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Business Daily reporters Anita Chepkoech and Sarah Ooko received the Development Reporting award and ICT and telecommunications reporting awards, respectively.

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In the television category, NTV’s Mercy Juma Okande and Adram Mulama bagged the gender the reporting award while Edmond Nyabola and Stephen Mwei won sports reporting award.

NMG Editor–in–Chief Tom Mshindi congratulated the winners, saying: “It is the professional work  by these journalists that ensures the Nation Media Group platforms stand out and guarantee our readers, viewers and listeners superior content all the time.”

This happened as the Media Council of Kenya joined journalists across the world in marking World Press Freedom Day.

The day is celebrated on May 3 each year and journalists who have excelled in reporting on health, corruption, and development, ICT and telecommunications, and environment are rewarded.

During the gala, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga called on journalists not to become PR agents.

“I have seen the media evolve to the robust and assertive force it is today. The joys and tribulations of your trade are best known to you as men and women of the Fourth Estate,” said Dr Mutunga.

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