Leah Mushi

Experience

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  RADIO SAUT FM

  Nov 2005 - May 2008

  Radio Presenter

  Responsibilities:· Sourced stories for coverage,· Produced Mama Africa program and Morning Pressure pieces· Prepared special programs for coverage, and· Solicited advertisements from various companies.Achievement Because of great work, I got employment in National media ( TANZANIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION -TBC)

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  Tanzania Broadcasting Cooperation - TBC

  Nov 2009 - May 2017

  Online Editor

  Nov. 2016 - May. 2017: ONLINE EDITOR, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC). Responsibilities:· Content editor TBC website · In charge of TBC social media accounts,· Prepare followers views to be read on air by News Anchors · Content creator on national live broadcasted events · Implementation and creation of all social media campaigns in line with the communications strategy and message of the Organization and government · Prepare and draft reports monitoring the performance of social media · Promote Aired programs on social media · Prepare Social media analytics reports and advice program producers Achievement I Recruited and Mentor employees who took my place as online editor after I resigned Management approved online comments to be read during news bulletin from our social media Increase viewership on TV and social media interaction as the public know their comments might go on air live. Nov 2008. - Nov. 2016: TV/RADIO PROGRAMME PRODUCER AND PRESENTER, Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC).Responsibilities:· Produced an election program entitles “MY VOTE” (KURA YANGU) focused on educating citizens on the importance of participating in elections,· Interviewed political position aspirants,· Interviewed NGOs that support women and disabled politicians, and· Covered stories for TV and Radio and traveled with high-rank government officials outside the country for news coverage.Achievement KURA YANGU was the best election in 2015 by the Board of Directors Because of KURA YANGU, I got the chance to report the USA 2016 Election in 4 states in the US Show less

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  International Women's Media Foundation

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

  Regional Coordinator

  Responsibilities:· In charge of fellowship for one year for 20 journalists in Tanzania · Prepared training modules for community radio journalists, · Selected and recruit 20 journalists suitable for the fellowship program,· Hired trainers suitable for modules,· Managed the budget and financial requirements of the program,· Prepared field trips for 20 journalists to do coverage,· Trained 20 journalists on digital storytelling,· Supervised 20 journalists campaigns over their radio stations,· Mentored 20 journalists and assisted them to conduct investigative reporting, · Wrote reports for every training module and participated in preparing the project report including the financial documents.Achievement I Manage to Handle a 200 Million Tshs project One Female journalist fellow WON overall award at UN WOMEN AWARDS 4 fellows won Awards in Journalism excellence – EJAT 2018 Show less

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  Consultant

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2019

  Media Consultant

  GUEST EDITOR (UN CONSULTANT), UN Headquarters, New YorkResponsibilities:· Oversaw ongoing media usage and advised on how strategic use of radio and social media platforms. · Oversaw strategic increase in subscribers of UN social media platforms; Achievement I manage to mobilize all the Unit staff and we Increased traffic to UN Kiswahili Website and Social media pages owing to techniques gathered from social media training I provided to them. COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST, Climate Action Network (CAN).Responsibilities:· Managed all media coverage and publicity according to the calendar,· Travelled in-country and abroad with the team for media coverage,Achievement Panelist on the COP23 Panel - ‘TALANOA SPACE” in Bonn Germany.LEAD TRAINER, USAID Protect Project under Journalist Environmental Association of Tanzania- JET.Responsibilities:· Training journalists to write environmental protection and wildlife protection stories. Achievement Manage to get exchange program funded by USAID, 5 Tanzanian Journalists visited Thailand to learn on wildlife traffic and 5 Thailand Journalists visited TanzaniaCHAPTER LEADER, Graca Machel Trust Women in Media Network Tanzania (GMT –WIMN). Responsibilities:· Coordinated and supported movements of women in Africa in collaboration with other country networks,· Trained journalists and transformed the narrative of stories on women and children,· Handled all media-related issues in Tanzania,· Promoted the women and children agenda, and· Connected activities of GMT networks in Tanzania.Achievement Won Fund for a Project in Tanzania Show less

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  Internews

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

  Senior Program Officer

  · Focal person for training university students on Journalism,· Looking for trainers to take part in training students in 3 universities in 3 different regions in Tanzania (Mwanza, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam), · Assist university with equipment to facilitate the training in journalism, · Training CSO’s media literacy and tips to get their work out to public· Train journalists on social media · Training on SEO· Developing, executing and managing Internews in Tanzania Social Media strategy· Manage and oversee social media content calendar · Documenting success stories from projects and publishing them on internews global and local websites as well as social media.Achievement Increase Social Media Traffic and followers Audit 20 Community Radio Social Media Accounts and advise accordingly Train More than 300 University Students in 12 weeks Show less

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  WAN-IFRA Women in News

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  Communications Coordinator for Africa
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  United Nations

  May 2021 - now

  Multimedia Producer

  Handling UN News Kiswahili social media accounts Research, producer and Publish multimedia documentariesPrepare News Bulletins for UN and its agenciesTranslate UN Campaigns for Kiswahili SpeakersRepurpose features and documentaries which resonate with Sub Sahara Africa Audience.Amplify work done by UN agencies in different areas in the world.