Education & Certifications

Josephine Okojie earned a B.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin. Okojie is a seasoned journalist with exceptional writing and editing abilities who is passionate about agriculture.

Experience

She writes and reports on topics such as agriculture, food safety, climate change, wildlife, and the environment, and also entrepreneurship.

She is a 2020 Metcalf Institute Fellow and a 2019 Internews Earth Journalism Network Fellow of the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP).

She is also a 2019 Fellow of the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ); a 2018 Fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation/IFAD Reporting Programme; a 2018 Fellow of Falling Walls Science Reporting Programme; and a 2017 Fellow of Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.

Josephine is currently the President of the Food and Agricultural Writers Organisation of Nigeria (FAWON)

She is also the Secretary-General of the Pangolin Conservation Working Group of Nigeria (PCWGN), an organisation that is at the forefront of pangolin conservation in Nigeria.

Josephine is a journalist and a conservationist. She travels to communities with other conservationists to educate people about endangered wildlife species and the ecosystem.

Best way to apply skills

Expert in climate change, environmental health, and conservation.