Julia Majale
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| Born | Irine Julia Majale Bungoma, Nairobi |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Kenyan |
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| Known for | journalism |
Irine Julia Majale who is known professionally as Julia Majale is a Kenyan journalist, editor and the managing director of Tuko.co.ke.[1] In 2021 she made the list of Top 25 Women in Digital at the SOMA Awards.[2] She is a board member of the Women Human Rights Defender's Hub powered by Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.[3]
Education
Julia holds a Bachelor's in Communication and Media Studies from Daystar University. She also graduated with Executive Masters in Media Leadership and Innovation from the Aga Khan University.[4] She is a beneficiary of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme in 2021.[1]
Career
Early career
While at Daystar University, she was a correspondent of 98.4 Capital FM reporting stories from many campuses, but primarily from Daystar University to the Capital Campus website. She wrote news stories and was the official photographer for the University's newspaper called Involvement Newspaper. She also worked as a news anchor, reporter and producer at the University's radio station called Shine FM.
Standard Group PLC
She completed a five-month internship at Standard Group PLC in May 2013 and returned to the station a year later to take on the roles of Social Media Editor and Online Sub-Editor.[5]
Tuko.co.ke
In June 2016, Julia moved to Tuko.co.ke, a division of Pan-African Digital Media Company, Legit, to work as an online news editor. In May 2017, she received a promotion to Monitoring Editor. After three years, she was elevated to the position of Managing Editor, and then managing director in 2023.[5]
Awards and nominations
- Top 25 Women in Digital – 2021 SOMA Awards[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Julia Majale". WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ "SoMA Platforms – WID Award". soma.co.ke. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ Orimba, Ruby (2024-03-13). "TUKO.co.ke MD Julia Majale Joins the Board of Women Human Rights Defender's Hub". Tuko.co.ke – Kenya news. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ Orimba, Ruby (2023-03-23). "TUKO's Managing Editor awarded Executive Masters in Media Leadership Innovation". Tuko.co.ke – Kenya news. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Julia Majale Appointed as New TUKO Media Managing Director – Kenyans.co.ke". www.kenyans.co.ke. 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ↑ Mwenesi, Susan (2021-12-17). "Trendsetters: TUKO.co.ke's Julia Majale named among Top 25 Women in Digital 2021". Tuko.co.ke – Kenya news. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
External links
- Julia Majale on LinkedIn
- Julia Majale on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Julia Majale on the Muck Rack journalist listing site
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