UKAMAKA PERPETUA OKOYE
No 43 Baale Street, Idado Estate, Lekki, Lagos State | +2348165744366 | [email protected]
SUMMARY
Result Driven Professional with five years of impactful journalism experience both as an independent media producer, and in a fulltime employment role, reporting stories and producing documentaries and features on a range of topical and underreported issues. Developed and implemented smart communication strategies that resulted in business growth at work, while focusing on solutions-based journalism in achieving exceptional results and desired impact.
EXPERIENCE
Deutshe Welle (DW)
West Africa Correspondent
January 2022 till date
Arise News, Abuja
Presenter/ Producer
December 2020 – December 2021
- Conflict Correspondent
- News Anchoring
- News Production
- Special Reports/Documentary
Plus TV Africa, Lagos
Senior Reporter/ Producer
January 2017 – November 2020
- Producing and presenting daily television and studio programmes.
- Editing production scripts for daily programming.
- Writing copies for regular stories.
- Groundbreaking reporting on topical issues including on forced and marriage; rape; women making waves in the agricultural sector; the plight of women and young girls suffering cervical cancer; living with cerebral palsy; the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); the life of an ex-soldier sentenced to a death sentence; the tale of prisoners in Nigeria; environment; climate change; waste management; elections and electoral activities in Nigeria.
Pan African Broadcasting Company (PABC)
Freelance Journalist
June 2016 – January 2017
- Daily reportage of topical issues
- Writing of feature stories
- Production of documentaries on underreported issues including the marginalisation of widows in eastern Nigeria, the street children in Uyo state.
Chronicle Newspaper, Cross River State – National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
Reporter 2016
- News writing
- Beat reporting
Radio Shahidi Isiolo, Kenya
Intern Reporter 2014
- Writing feature stories
- Producing documentaries and jungles
- News reporting and production
EDUCATION
Master of Science (M.Sc), Maritime Administration And Management In-waiting
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Education (First Class),
Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), Kenya 2012 – 2015
Senior School Certificate Examination,
Abass Maje Nasarrawa Secondary School, Kano 1996 – 2002
First School Leaving Certificate,
Arousa Primary School, Ehor, Benin 1990- 1996
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
- Fellow, Yöung Africa Media, 2022
- Royal African Young Leaders award, 2022
- Scriptwriter, Official Documentary Selection, iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, 2020
- Africa Clean-up Initiative (ACI) Award for Environmental Sustainability Reporting, 2019
- Scriptwriter, Best Documentary film, Lake City Film Festival, 2017
- Scriptwriter, Best Documentary Film, Abuja International Film Festival, 2016
- Positive impact after my documentary, ‘Nigerian ex-Soldier – My Journey into Kirikiri’, which resulted in financial aid and rights campaign for the victim.
- Positive impact after a special report on street kids in Isolo county, Kenya, which got the government to provide shelter for the victims
TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP
- Participant, EU Training on Human Trafficking, 2022
- Alumnus, Thomson Reuters Foundation – 2019
- Fellow, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism – 2019
- Participant, Thomson Reuters Foundation Training on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration – 2019
HIGHLIGHT OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- Audio Editing
- Conducting proper and in-depth interviews for broadcast
- Documentary Writing and Production
- Scriptwriting
- Writing and Editing
- Live News Reporting and Presenting
- Fluent Communication in English
BIODATA
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: December 24, 1986
Nationality: Nigerian
State of Origin: Anambra
REFEREES
Available on Request