Janet Otieno is an award-winning journalist with over ten years’ experience in print and digital media. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from The University of Nairobi. She was until recently the Features Editor of The Citizen, Tanzania’s leading English publication. Janet previously worked at Nation Media Group’s Digital and Africa desk in Nairobi as an editor in charge of Southern Africa region. She is passionate about health, women and children issues. Janet was honoured by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations for her articles on food security in Africa there by bagging World Food Day Media Award. She went beyond her editorial role to mentor younger women in the media industry and pushed for a gender sensitive content and newsroom. Janet is International Centre For Journalism (ICFJ) Fellow, Women in News Fellow and PesaCheck Fellow. She is the founder of Nyonyesha app and co-founder of African Ringer newsletter.