Her Media Diary is a podcast by African Women in Media (AWiM) focused on women in media, journalism, storytelling, and digital content across Africa and the global diaspora. The podcast explores gender and media, women’s leadership in journalism, media safety, representation, media policy, advocacy, and feminist storytelling. Each episode features conversations with African women journalists, media professionals, content creators, editors, researchers, and gender advocates working across newsrooms, digital media, podcasts, film, and communications. Topics include women’s voices in media, gender equality, freedom of expression, online and offline safety, narrative power, media accountability, and social change. Her Media Diary is designed for journalists, media practitioners, feminists, researchers, students, and anyone interested in African media, women’s rights, storytelling, and gender justice. The podcast documents how women are shaping media systems and public narratives, while building a safer, more inclusive media ecosystem.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHer Media Diary is a podcast by African Women in Media (AWiM) focused on women in media, journalism, storytelling, and digital content across Africa and the global diaspora. The podcast explores gender and media, women’s leadership in journalism, media safety, representation, media policy, advocacy, and feminist storytelling.
Recent episodes include ""Does That Mean You're Crazy?" Confronting Mental Health Stigma in Africa" (13 October 2026, 30 minutes), "Flipping the Narrative: Africa's AI Constraints as Strategic Advantage" (22 September 2026, 40 minutes), and "When Being a Woman Is the First Barrier: Gender and Journalism in Conflict Zones" (8 September 2026, 25 minutes).
Her Media Diary publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 76 episodes.
Booking probability for Her Media Diary is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Her Media Diary requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Her Media Diary's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Her Media Diary are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Her Media Diary has a business audience.
Her Media Diary is a business podcast with 76 episodes published.
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Episode #66
Charlotte Mugabe is an author and mental health advocate from Botswana. She is the author of Living Beyond Anxiety, a self-published book documenting her personal journey through anxiety disorder. After studying...
Episode #65
Selam Abdella is a researcher at the Global Center on AI Governance and co-author of research exploring what it would take to flip the narrative on AI in the Global South. She argues that the constraints African...
Episode #64
Aunnab is a young Sudanese journalist who entered journalism only a few years ago, meaning that conflict has been the backdrop of her entire professional career from the very beginning. Born and raised in Khartoum, she...
Episode #62
Titilope Fadare-Oparinde is a multimedia journalist and founder of Generative AI Journalism with Titi, an initiative dedicated to helping African journalists integrate artificial intelligence into their workflows...
Episode #61
Melanie Keita is the founder and CEO of Melanin Kapital, a digital bank focused on financing Africa's green economy. Born and raised in France, Melanie built a career in sustainable finance across Europe and Africa...
Episode #60
Mbanangwa Kwilasya is a compliance expert, data protection specialist, and founder of MK Legal Consultancy. She played a pivotal role in drafting Malawi's Data Protection Act, which came into force in 2024. Her work...
Episode #58
Adanna Adindu is a content strategist, SEO expert, and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) specialist who helps brands transition from invisibility to visibility in the digital space. As a self-described "abnormal Gen...
Episode #57
In this special episode, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola takes listeners behind the scenes of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), held at the United Nations headquarters in New York in March 2025. Dr...
Episode #56
Zain Verjee is the founder and CEO of the Zain Verjee Group, a communications advisory firm transforming how organizations tell stories in Africa and beyond. As a former CNN anchor and correspondent, she covered major...
Episode #55
Binaifer Nowrojee is the president of the Open Society Foundations, the world's largest private funder dedicated to advancing human rights, equity, and justice. She is an international human rights lawyer whose career...
Episode #54
Charity Nafula is a queer feminist, certified accountant, podcaster, and passionate advocate for digital dignity. As the Executive Director of Queer Prism 256, Charity uses podcasting and art to amplify the everyday...
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Subscribe and follow Her Media Diary on all your favorite podcast platforms. Tune in via our partner radio stations across Africa, and join the ongoing conversation using #HerMediaDiary. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction...
Episode #53
Moky Makura is the Executive Director of Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to shift stereotypical narratives about Africa through storytelling, research, and advocacy. With a rich career spanning media...
Episode #52
Recorded live at the African Women in Media 2025 Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this special episode explores the critical theme of investing in local media and journalism, with a particular focus on the MacArthur...
Episode #51
Neema Iyer is the founder of Pollicy, an innovative feminist civic technology collective in Kampala that combines data, design, and digital rights. Under her leadership, Pollicy has led 100+ projects, trained 5,000+...
Episode #50
Farah Fortune is the founder & Managing Director of African Star Communications, a full-service PR agency, focusing on customized strategic public relations campaigns.Farah, dubbed ‘The Pitbull in Heels’, established...
Episode #49
Fatima Jones is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem. With a career spanning over 20 years in public relations, marketing, and communications, predominantly in the nonprofit and...
Episode #48
Stephanie Busari is the founder and CEO of SBB Media, an organisation dedicated to ensuring that Africa's stories are authored, owned, and told by those who understand its soul. She is also an Emmy Award-winning...
Episode #47
Deborah is a PhD Candidate at Universität des Saarlandes (Germany), researching fair machine learning to reduce bias against marginalized groups. Prior to her PhD, she was a Lecturer in Data Science & AI at the Academic...
Episode #46
Mwende is the Co-convener of the AI Salon by Webworks, with expertise in AI ethics, data journalism, ethnographic research, and dataset building. She also specialises in critiquing models and systems for bias, and...
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activist for girls’ education and women’s empowerment; youngest Nobel Peace Laureate, Malala Foundation
digital artist, technologist and coach, Pollicy
senior director of marketing and communications, Apollo Theater
head of undergraduate journalism program, Birmingham City University
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