Paul Shalala

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Paul Shalala
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Born (1984-08-29) 29 August 1984 (age 39)
Lusaka, Zambia
NationalityZambian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Journalist, reporter
Years active2004–present
Employers
Children1
Website paulshalala.blogspot.com

Paul Monde Shalala (born 29 August 1984), is an internationally renowned and award-winning Zambian journalist, blogger, and political analyst specializing on Zambian, African and world current affairs. [1] He is a reporter for the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. [2]

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In 2010, he was elected as Secretary (Northern Region) for the Zambia Union of Broadcasters. He writes the blog The Zambian Analyst and on other platforms. [3] [4] [5]

Early life and education

Paul Monde Shalala as a child in the village in 1994. Paul Monde as a child in the village.jpg
Paul Monde Shalala as a child in the village in 1994.

He spent most of his childhood in Nangoma area of Mumbwa District in Central Zambia. He attended Kasalu Basic School for his primary school and junior secondary school education from 1990 to 1999. He then proceeded to Mumbwa High School where he studied for his Senior Secondary School from 2000 to 2002. [6]

In 2023, he posted a photo of himself in front of a thatched house, a photo that went viral on social media. [7]

Shalala attended the Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce, Lusaka, between January 2004 and 2007 for his Diploma in Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising. He is presently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Development Studies with a minor in political science at the University of Zambia's Institute for Distance Education. In 2011, he attended a training workshop on "Reporting Religion" in Lusaka organized by The Media Project. He has also done several specialized journalism training just to sharpen his journalism skills. He has a Certificate in Reporting Politics, Good Governance and Elections from the International Institute for Journalism in Berlin, Germany; Business and Financial Reporting by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in Kampala, Uganda, Advanced Economic and Governance Reporting by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Energy and Environmental Reporting as part of the Europe-Africa Young Journalists Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Investigative Journalism and Anti-Corruption Reporting by the International Anti-Corruption Academy during a week-long course at the West Africa Regional Training Center in Accra, Ghana. [8]

Journalism career

Paul Shalala posing in front of UN Secretary Generals' portraits in July 2016 Paul Shalala UN.jpg
Paul Shalala posing in front of UN Secretary Generals' portraits in July 2016
Paul Shalala with other Seventh Day Adventist Youth leaders in October 2016 Paul Shalala SDA AY.jpg
Paul Shalala with other Seventh Day Adventist Youth leaders in October 2016

After his college diploma in Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising graduation from Sir Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce, Lusaka, Shalala's first was at the newly opened New Vision Newspaper in Lusaka. He joined the paper in July 2008 at the invitation of his former classmate Bright Mukwasa who was in charge of the newsroom. During this stint, he could walk on foot to cover assignments and go back to the newsroom to submit stories. In the two years at the weekly newspaper, Paul rose from reporter to News Editor.

In March 2010, Shalala then joined Zambia's leading private television broadcaster, MUVI TV, as a reporter and it was there that he honed his journalism skills. At MUVI Television, he gained interest in political news and analysis. This led to the biggest television station in Zambia taking notice of his skills and style. It was at MUVI TV he became a weekly analyst on breakfast shows and occasionally appeared on the 18:30 main news to give analysis on some political developments in the country. He also made his name when he covered the 2011 campaigns and elections with frequent travels with then opposition Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata across the country for the television station. On 14 January 2011, Paul was the only TV journalist to have covered the Mongu riots where a number of people died at the hands of the Police during separatist riots. [9] He left MUVI TV in February 2012 and became a freelance journalist. He has also written for The Media Project and The London Evening Post. [10] [11] [12] He was also doing some consultancy for the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter. [13]

Paul Monde Shalala covering the 2011 election campaigns in Luena, Western Province. Paul Shalala MUVI TV.jpg
Paul Monde Shalala covering the 2011 election campaigns in Luena, Western Province.

On 3 September 2012, Paul joined the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) as news reporter and he was deployed at TV2 where he reported on community news stories. The following year, he was transferred to TV1 where he covered more of politics and parliament. In April 2015, Paul was transferred to ZNBC's northern bureau which is based in the mining town of Kitwe. He then switched to reporting on mining, the environment, community news and politics.

His blog The Zambian Analyst has won him several local and international media awards in the past four years. [14] [15] Shalala has worked with international media organisations, including the BBC Africa Service, London Evening Post and South Africa's talk radio Radio 702 as a contributor. Moreover, he has featured regularly on a number of radio and television stations in Zambia as an analyst discussing political and economic developments in the country. [16] [17]

Awards and recognition

Trade Union career

Shalala was in December 2016 elected as Secretary for the Northern Region of the Zambia Union of Broadcasters and other Information Disseminators (ZUBUD) for the term 2016 – 2018.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Shalala is married and has two sons and a daughter. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paul Monde Shalala: Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders". 15 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Paul Shalala weds". 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Team Kalu's wrong campaign strategy: a lesson for Zambian football (by Paul Shalala)". 21 March 2006.
  4. ↑ "What is in a national census?". 21 March 2006.
  5. ↑ "Team Kalusha's Wrong Campaign Strategy: A Lesson For Zambian Football (by Paul Shalala)". 20 March 2006.
  6. 1 2 "Mandela Washington Fellow; Paul Shalala (By Mwebantu.com)". Mwebantu New Media . 9 July 2016.
  7. ↑ https://zambianobserver.com/i-grew-up-in-this-grass-thatched-house-paul-shalala/
  8. ↑ "Paul Shalala: The Media Project". 11 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Flying for Kosovo: Zambia". 25 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "The Religion News Service: Zambia's LGBT Community Pushes For Official Recognition In HIV Fight (By Paul Monde Shalala)". 22 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Increase in abandoned body parts in Zambia puzzles police (by Paul Shalala)". 25 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Zambia's 2015 Presidential Candidates: Who they are and what they stand for". 1 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Media Project: Gays Making Inroads among Pastors (by Paul Shalala)". 29 October 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Author: Paul Shalala (by Africa Check)". 9 July 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Twenty Finalists Emerge in $1 Million Story Challenge (The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ))". 9 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "The London Evening Post – Category Archives: Zambia (by Paul Shalala)". 2 April 2013.
  17. ↑ "Zambia: Outrage As Presidential Nomination Fees Are Hiked By 750% (by Paul Shalala)". 8 April 2016.
  18. 1 2 "WM Media Pty Ltd Profiles Paul Shalala And His Journalism Career (By Winston Muleba II, Zambia)". 15 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Zambian farmers gain attention with mining coverage(By Thomson Reuters Foundation)". 20 May 2014.
  20. ↑ ""2016 Fellows' Profiles" Syracuse University – Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs" (PDF). 9 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "ZNBC Reporter Paul Shalala wins Jamal Kashoggi Award for Courageous Journalism (By Mwebantu.com)". Mwebantu New Media . 6 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "ZNBC's Shalala scoops Kashoggi award for courageous journalism (By Sipilisiwe Ncube)". News Diggers . 6 March 2019.
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