Mary Mbewe

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Mary Mbewe
Born
Zambia
Citizenship Zambia
OccupationJournalist
AwardsEditorial Leadership Award for Africa

Mary Mbewe is a Zambian journalist. She is executive editor of the Daily Nation , and the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of a major newspaper in Zambia. In 2020 the World Association of News Publishers awarded her the Women in News (WIN) Editorial Leadership Award for Africa. [1]

Life

Mwebe started as a journalist in 1991, working at the Zambia Daily Mail . In 2000 she became editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail, the first woman editor-in-chief in Zambia. [2]

In May 2017 she joined the Daily Nation as executive editor. [3]

Mwebe was a founder member of the Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ). She is a member of the Zambia Media Women Association (ZAMWA) and the Zambian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Caroline Wafula (8 September 2020). "Zambian Editor Mary Mbewe Wins Media Leadership Award". Daily Nation. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Audrey Matitsa (8 September 2020). "Journalist Mary Mbewe named WIN Editorial Leadership Award Laureate" . Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Mary Mbewe Editorial Laureate 2020 for Africa – Wan-Ifra". Indian Printer Publisher. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.


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