Jackson Okata

Jackson Okata is a multiple award winning independent multimedia journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jackson boasts of experience in both broadcast, print and online journalism spanning over 10 years.

Jackson specializes in agriculture, environment, climate change women and gender, human rights,political and governance, tech and innovation and science reporting.

Jackson is a fellow of the Internews Health Journalism Network, Earth Journalism Network, Journalists for Human Rights, Africa Centre for Media Excellence ACME, LIDA Network, YALI Network, Merck Foundation, Agroecology school of Journalists and Communicators and Thomson Reuters Foundation

Jackson has bylines on CNN, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, China Dialogue, Openly, Minority Africa, AllAfrica, Mongabay, Inter Press Service IPS, RT News, Zenger News, The Star Newspaper, The Kenya Times, Unbias the News, IJNET, Business Today, World Economic Forum, Daily Nation, Rolling Out, The Independent Uganda, Nashville Voice,