World Press Freedom Day 2019
Muthoki Mumo
Sub-Saharan Africa Representative, Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ)
Sub-Saharan Africa Representative, Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ)
Muthoki Mumo joined the Committee to Protect Journalists as East Africa Correspondent in June 2017. She was named CPJ's sub-Saharan Africa representative on August 1, 2018. She previously worked for six years as a journalist with the Nation Media Group, covering a variety of beats from East African Community integration and regional trade to technology and telecommunications for the Business Daily and Daily Nation. In 2017 she served as an alternate digital editor for the Business Daily. Mumo has a bachelor's degree from the United States International University in Nairobi and a master's degree jointly awarded by Aarhus University and the University of Hamburg.