Joy Wanja Muraya, Health journalist, Communications Specialist

 Qualifications

• Bachelor of Education Arts( English Linguistics and Literature)
• Masters of Public Health (Moi University)
• Certificate in Chinese Language and Culture( Kenyatta University)
• Certificate in Japanese Language and Culture( Kenyatta University)
• Certificate in Sign Language (Kenya Sign Language Research Project)

Experience

• Communications Specialist-UNICEF Kenya
• Health and Medicine Editor, The Conversation Africa
• Senior Reporter Science and Health Standard Newspaper
• Writer, Science and Health Senior Reporter Daily Nation, Nation Media Group
• Board Member, Kenya Haemophilia Association
• Wife and mother of two daughters

Notable Achievements

• My media work has won 17 awards in the last ten years
• Highest watched video at 6.3 million of home delivery in rural Kenya
• Witnessed heart operation, kidney transplant, cesarean section and postmortem
• Fellow, Global Maternal and Newborn Health Journalism Scholarship Interviewed health philanthropist Melinda Gates
• Interviewed Mauritius President, also a scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
• Interviewed current WHO Afro boss Dr Moeti
• Interviewed 2001 Nobel Prize for Physiology for Medicine Tim Hunt.
• Fellow ,Africa Media Initiative as The African Story Challenge
• Presented Masters Thesis at University of Oregon in USA and National Chengchi University in Taiwan.
• Interviewed Prof Thumbi working on the HIV Vaccine in South Africa
• Health journalism trainer in Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya.
• Covered US President Barack Obama

  What has enabled you to stay at the top

• Drawing a concise career path
• Mentorship and Networking
• Volunteering
• Reading widely
• Identifying opportunities and going for them
• Understanding Family and friend network

 Advice to your younger self

• Read more frequently