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Christine Mungai

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Christine Mungai, a 2018 Nieman Fellow, is the curator and editor of The Elephant, a Nairobi, Kenya-based publication examining the African condition through essays, features, and longreads. Previously, she was a writer and editor at africapedia.com.

Domestic Violence in Kenya: Stop Blaming Women

Domestic Violence in Kenya: Stop Blaming Women

Much reporting tends to blame women for their own deaths while providing sympathetic coverage of alleged perpetrators
August 21, 2019
“Foreign” lands are not foreign in a globalized world—and it is time international news media realized this

“Foreign” lands are not foreign in a globalized world—and it is time international news media realized this

New outlets' decision to publish graphic photos of a terrorist attack in Kenya highlights a double standard in global coverage
July 3, 2019

The Science of Journalism

I came into journalism in a roundabout way. I was a voracious reader as a child, growing up in middle-class Nairobi, partly as a retreat from a difficult home situation…
February 8, 2018
What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

To get beyond bewilderment and despair, journalism needs to learn to embrace suffering and struggle
October 31, 2017