Jackson Okata is a multiple award-winning independent multimedia journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has experience in both broadcast, print and online journalism spanning over 10 years.
Jackson specializes in agriculture, environment, human rights, politics and governance, tech and innovation. He is a fellow of the Internews Health Journalism Network, Earth Journalism Network, Journalists for Human Rights, Africa Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), LIDA Network, YALI Network, Merck Foundation, Agroecology School of Journalists and Communicators and Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Jackson has bylines on CNN, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, Dialogue Earth, Mongabay, Openly, Minority Africa, AllAfrica, Inter Press Service (IPS), RT News, The Star Newspaper, The Kenya Times, Unbias the News, IJNET, Business Today, World Economic Forum, Daily Nation, Rolling Out, The Independent (Uganda), Nashville Voice, Prime Progress, TOPIA Magazine, africa-executive.com among others.
