Narrating on how he began in his journalism career after completing campus, Joe Ageyo, the award-winning scribe who's now Citizen TV's Editorial Director revealed that it wasn't easy.
During a 2017 interview on Radio Maisha, Ageyo stated that upon completing his Bachelor's Degree in Agribusiness Management from Egerton University, he went for a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication at the University of Nairobi.
From there he got an internship at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) in 1998, where he worked for 18 months without pay.
"Because I wasn't getting paid, at times I would walk from Kayole, where I was staying, to the studio and would be on air that evening," he narrated.
He explained that his motivation stemmed from the fact that his work would propel him - not the money.
Ageyo advised that for one to get experience, they should not focus on the money as much. "The experience you get, will open doors for you to get the job you want,” he stated.
From KBC, he moved to KTN in 2000 as a general news reporter, but his work focused on environmental stories.
In 2001, he won the Environmental Journalist of the Year' staged by the National Media Trust.
Joe is also a fellow of the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) and a Catto Fellow at the Aspen Institute in Colorado.
He served as managing editor at KTN before joining Citizen TV as the Editorial Director.
Ageyo is currently part of News Gang a panel that airs on Thursdays at Citizen TV together with Yvonne Okwara, Linus Kaikai, Francis Gachuri and Jamilla Mohamed.
Here is the video courtesy of Radio Maisha:
