Agnes Lydia Oloo is a Kenyan multimedia journalist with the Royal Media Services, and is known for reporting issues in environment, climate change, biodiversity and justice for Citizen TV Kenya and Citizen Digital. She was a joint overall winner of the 2022 African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Award organised by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA).[1]
Agnes Lydia Oloo | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Kenyan |
| Education | University of Nairobi (BA) |
| Occupation | Multimedia Journalist |
| Employer | Royal Media Services |
| Awards | ACCER Award 2022 |
Education
editAgnes earned a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.[2]
Career
editShe works with Royal Media Services in Nairobi as a videographer and features reporter across the Citizen TV, Citizen Radio and Citizen Digital platforms, producing video and written features on biodiversity, conservation, human rights, pollution and climate policy.[2]
Her bylines at Citizen Digital include coverage of biodiversity and conservation issues such as Kenya's black rhino conservation program,[3] a report for World Rhino Day from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy[4] and an analysis of the environmental and public health implications of second-hand textile imports.[5] She has also reported on justice and climate change topics including the 2024 International Women's Day[6] and Kenya's attraction of Ksh 680 billion investment commitments at COP28,[7] for both Citizen TV and Citizen Digital.
In 2023, she was selected by the Open Mind for Excellence and Global Awareness (OMEGA) as an ORA Africa fellow, a program that trains and supports journalists covering complex global risks.[8]
She was named a CBD fellow by Earth Journalism Network (EJN) in 2024, to cover biodiversity finance and negotiations at COP16.[9]
Awards and recognition
editReferences
edit- ↑ "ADEPt". adept.documentaryafrica.org. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- 1 2 "Agnes Lydia Oloo | Earth Journalism Network". earthjournalism.net. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Kenya surpasses 1,000 black rhinos in conservation milestone". Citizen Digital. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Exploits in Lewa with poacher-turned-ranger Kapuna Nanyuki as world marks Rhino Day". Citizen Digital. 2024-09-22. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Kenya at risk as fast fashion's toxic global trade endangers African ecosystems". Citizen Digital. 2024-09-14. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "International Women's Day: Through the eyes of Wikimedia Foundation's Masana Mulaudzi". Citizen Digital. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Kenya bags Ksh.680 billion at COP28 in Dubai". Citizen Digital. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ↑ "Citizen TV journalist Agnes Oloo selected for continental fellowship program". Citizen Digital. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "11 In-Person and 6 Virtual CBD Fellows Cover Biodiversity Finance and More at COP16 | Earth Journalism Network". earthjournalism.net. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Citizen TV's Raquel Muigai, Agnes Oloo Bag International Awards In Media". 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ Richard, David (2022-06-24). "PACJA Fetes Winners of 2022 African climate change, environment reporting Award - PACJA - Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance". Retrieved 2025-08-25.