Senior lecturer and researcher in journalism. Courses include News Reporting and Writing, Feature and Magazine Writing, Editing, Research Methods.
Biography
I am a media educator, communication consultant, and former journalism practitioner whose professional experience includes co-authoring a book on the history of a Kenyan sports institution, teaching adult and young learners, as well as consultancies in digital technology use, editing and writing. My research interests include the use of digital technologies in journalism, media history and pedagogy. I am a member of the Kenya Editors’ Guild, and Kenya ICT Action Network, as well as a 2015 iHub Research Fellow. In 2019, I was a Summer Institute participant in The Programme of Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford
Academic Qualifications
PhD – Media Studies Daystar University ‘An actor-network analysis of the use of the World Wide Web in a Kenyan newsroom’s journalistic practice: A case of Capital FM’
MA – Journalism Northeastern University
B.Ed – Music and FrenchKenyatta University
Publications (5 Publications)
Books
Co-author, A History of Parklands Sports Club, a book published by Kwani Trust (2006)
Journals
Gender in Kenyan Media – (Wamunyu, W. & Maleche, H.). forthcoming in the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication (2021)
Old habits, new realities: Digital newsrooms in Kenya commercial media houses – (Wamunyu. W. & Wahutu, j. Siguru) African Journalism Studies’ African Digital Media Review (ADMR) Issue no. 4 (2019)
Smartphone, professional behavior and workplace socialization: A case of a Kenyan newsroom (author Wamunyu, W.) forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the Africa Journal of Media and Communication
New actors in journalistic practice: The case of a Kenyan radio station – (Wamunyu, W.) published in the Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa (2017)
Research Interests
Research interests include digital technology use in newsrooms, media history and pedagogy, as well as Internet governance\\
Brief summary
Editor, Kenya Media Week 2018 report – Expandingspaces, new voices, financing models’ published by Media Focus on Africa (2019)
Contributor, ICT report 2017, published by Kenya ICT Action Network (2018)
Contributor, Policy brief on Internet Shutdowns and Elections, published by Kenya ICT Action Network (July 2017)
Consultant trainer on gender-based violence in digital contexts, UN Women-funded Vunja Kimya GBV Campus Project (May 2016)
Consultant trainer on social media and advocacy, Uraia Trust (August 2015)
Session presenter/moderator for multiple panels, covering topics such as the film industry, journalism trends, and digital technologies in Kenya (2015 – present)
Contributor of articles and commentary in BBC World Service Radio,
Business Daily, Daily Nation, ET magazine, pambazuka.org, and KTN among other media outlets (1998-present)
Teaches
Undergraduate classes in journalism, writing, & editing, Postgraduate classes in research, communication theory, and mass communication
