WAN-IFRA Women in News celebrates 7th Editorial Laureate for Africa
on september 29, a spotlight was cast on africa at the World news media congress in Zaragoza, spain, when Faith Zaba, editor of the newspaper, under alpha media holdings, was named the Women in news (Win) editorial laureate for africa.
Zaba’s win is the seventh on the continent and indeed a celebration of one who has persevered and indicated resilience and patience to be the first woman to hold the position of editor for the
together with Zaba, there were also two other laureates: diana moukalled, co-founder of daraj media in lebanon, named 2022 laureate for the arab region; and regina “ging” reyes, senior vice-president and head of integrated news and current affairs division of abs-cbn corporation in philippines, named 2022 laureate for southeast asia.
previous laureates of the Win editorial leadership award from africa include: toyosi ogunseye, head of West africa at
(2016); pamella sittoni, executive editor for the in Kenya (2017); barbara Kaija, editor-in-chief of the in uganda (2018), anna nimiriano, the editorin-chief of the in south sudan (2019); mary mbewe, the executive editor of (2020); and edyth Kambalame, editor at on sunday and vice-president of the malawi editors’ Forum (2022).
The Women in news editorial leadership award is a career achievement award that recognises an exemplary contribution of an editor to her newsroom — and under her leadership the contribution of her newspaper — to society.
The Women in news editorial leadership award is awarded to three outstanding women editors, representing africa, the arab region and southeast asia, who are first amongst their peers in inspiring and paving the way forward for the next generation of leaders. The laureates are selected by members of the Women in news global steering committee based on criteria such as commitment to editorial excellence, gender equality and supporting the next generation of media leaders.
Zaba’s nomination came from a thorough process where judging was done at various levels in a process that was highly competitive. she was also noted for being at the forefront in pushing the gender agenda and speaking out against sexual harassment. she has been strong in calling out on cases where there is injustice against female journalists.
“We are committed to celebrating and recognising excellence in parallel with our efforts to partner with media organisations to create safe environments for all talent to succeed,” melanie Walker, executive director for media development and Women in news, said.
in his congratulatory message, Wan-iFra’s ceo vincent peyregne said: “equality and inclusion in the media are essential for a healthy and representative society. We are happy to welcome our 2022 laureates, Zaba, moukalled
“Zaba’s win is not only a win for herself and Zimbabwe. it’s a win for the entire continent where women struggle to stay in their career of choice facing challenges such as gender discrimination, sexual harassment and inability to balance life work balance,” said Jane godia, Win