Journalist

NAME EVERLYNE SIMIYU

DATE OF BIRTH: **/**/*** *

NATIONALITY: KENYAN

MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: ENGLISH, KISWAHILI & LUYIAH

IDENTITY CARD NO: 25333670

POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 548, MOIS’BRIDGE

E-mail address: *********@*****.***

Cell Phone: 071*******/072*******

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

2007FEB -2009SEP: ELDORET AVIATION TRAINING INSTITUTE: Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication

2008-2009MARCH: ELDORET AVIATION TRAINING INSTITUTE: Diploma in Marketing, Advertising and Public relations

2007-2009 part time study modules: ELDORET AVIATION TRAINING INSTITUTE

§ Roles of a journalist; tracking down stories and finding facts; fillers;

; Travel; children’s and teenage publications; humorous

And general interest articles;; religious and inspirational

Writing.

§ Media Ethics and Law and public administration and Code Conduct and practice of journalism.

§ Behind the scenes at a newspaper, inside the editorial department, Role of a sub editor

And TV and Radio.

§ Information research-carrying out interviews, library and using the internet.

Tapping interviews.

§ Photography-best ways to produce dramatic photos for either print or electronic

Journalism -Digital imaging (The Internet).

2002 – 2005Arch Bishop Njenga Girls High School

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb 2011:Neptunus Company Limited

POSITION: Sales and Marketing Representative

FEB 2012–to December 2015 : Contributing to NATION MEDIA GROUP’S sister publications-Taifa Leo in Eldoret

Main activities: Writing sports news and feature stories

§ Writing feature stories on human interest articles like population, food security, Environment and climate change

§ Writing general news and feature stories

§ Writing Taifa Sunday news analysis

§ Writing crisp, interesting headlines and captions;

§ Checking and correcting editorial copy for facts, accuracy, taste, and publication’s

– Style, language use, clarity and objectivity;

§ Subbing copy to fit without distorting facts or dispensing with salient points and

Detecting libel;

§ Selecting and cropping pictures;

§ Designing captivating and lively pages as directed by news editor; and Coordinate

Stories from field correspondents, editing and pass over to news editor.

MARCH 2012 –TO 2015 - DAILY NATION NEWS PAPER (Correspondent)

§ Writing personal experience stories and testimonies;

§ Commentaries to readers’ column;

§ Maintained professional obligation to protect sources;

APRIL 2015 TODATE-Sales Manager/record keeper Top Fresh Dairies plant

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

FEB: 2012-NACADA workshop –Eldoret Theme: National Campaign against Drug Abuse Authority

Authority for a drug free nation

JUNE 2012: SPORTS, RURAL WOMEN PEACE LINK: -Chemelil Theme: promoting peace and Conflict resolution in Kenya.

Trainers: rural women coordinators and Government Representatives.

OCT2012: MEDIA TRAINING COUNCIL-ELDORET

Theme: Human rights and elections

OCT: 2012 19TH-23RD: UNDP WORKSHOP (united nation’s development programme)

Theme: Empowered lives resilient nations.

0CT 2012: NCPD workshop (national council for population and development)

Theme: Family planning campaign briefing media: journalists (media houses)

AWARDS:

26NOV- 28NOV 2012: Local capacities for peace international (in Nakuru)

Theme: conflict sensitive reporting and peace journalism training

Awarded: certificate of participation in conflict sensitive reporting and peace journalism

4th November 2014:Judges and Magistrates vetting Board.

Awarded certificate of participation ; attending a training/sensitization session on the vetting process.

On 25th -26th November 2015

Awarded certificate of participation in the training workshop on alternatives to the use of animals in research and education at ARC,Egerton University.

From February 2016 to date working for Top Fresh Dairies as Sales Manager/record keeper .

ACHIEVEMENTS:

I have submitted published stories in three languages- English, Kiswahili (Taifa Leo and daily nation news papers.

Press club in high school.

HOBBIES: human interest stories and feature articles, Sports reporting-especially athletics and political stories.

Referees

Tom Esoka /Chief Executive Officer

Top Fresh Dairies

Po Box 218 -50409

Nambale.

Tel; 072*******

Elias Makori /Regional Editor-North Rift

Nation Media Group

P o Box 2772-30100

Tel:072262202

Mrs.Immaculate Maima

Bureau Chief

Eldoret Information Office

P.O.Box 516-30100

Eldoret.

Mobile: 072*-******

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