- "Being a news anchor didn’t stop me from learning other skills. I am a writer and an editor in both print and video production. I take part in writing my own news scripts and edit documentary videos that I feature in," said Zubeida in her address.
On February 19, 2025, Zubeida Kananu, the President of the Kenya’s Editors Guild Association and a renowned Journalist and news anchor has addressed students at Kabarak University School of Music and Media during the Writing mentorship program. The event took place at Kabarak University main campus.
The world is adapting to new technology at a very fast pace, this creates a need to adopt and incorporate machine learning experience and other artificial intelligence tools in every industry. Zubeida placed great emphasis on embracing Artificial Intelligence in matters storytelling and media production.
The fear of various career options being eroded in the Media industry is slowly but surely coming to reality. China media houses are quickly incorporating this new technology to not only write and edit news scripts but also anchor on live television programs. This will soon raise major concerns on the future of journalism careers.
Zubeida Kananu encouraged students to take up the responsibility to learn and equip oneself with more than one skill. This will not only add value to media students, but put you in rooms that will greatly impact your network.
"Being a news anchor didn’t stop me from learning other skills. I am a writer and an editor in both print and video production. I take part in writing my own news scripts and edit documentary videos that I feature in," said Zubeida in her address.
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The writing mentorship program facilitators and attendees included the Standard Political Columnist and the acting Dean of the school of Music and Media, Dr. Michael Ndonye, Philip Keitany a seasonal Journalist and editor, Caroline Chebet, an award winning Climate Change writer, Senior Lecturers and students from the department of Mass Communication.
