Julia Majale: Difference between revisions
Siagoddess (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Siagoddess (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
=== Tuko.co.ke === |
=== Tuko.co.ke === |
||
In June 2016, Julia moved to Tuko.co.ke, a division of Pan-African Digital Media Company, [https://www.legit.tech/ 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. |
|||
Majale shifted to Tuko.co.ke, a subsidiary company of Pan-African Digital MediaCompany, Legit, as an Online News Editor in June 2016. She was later promoted to Monitoring Editor at the end of May 2017. |
|||
Her rise was meteoric as she was promoted to Managing Editor for three years and later Managing Director. |
|||
== Awards and nominations == |
== Awards and nominations == |
||
Revision as of 20:41, 27 March 2024
Julia Majale | |
|---|---|
| Born | Irine Julia Majale Bungoma, Nairobi |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupations |
|
| 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 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
Her career in the media industry began i
acts from your early career; Radio host, News Presenter at Shine FM University Radio Show, Photographer at Involvement (University’s publication); Writer at Capital Campus, Research Assistant at Policy and Policy), Research Intern @ Pawa 254; Online Sub-Editor & Social media Editor at Standard Media,
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.
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.
Awards and nominations
- Top 25 Women in Digital - 2021 SOMA Awards[5]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.