By Bernard Morara | morara@meshascience.org
The Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture in Kenya (MESHA) has published its 2025 Annual Report that has been hailed as a true testimony to what organised journalists can achieve together.
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The annual report captures MESHA’s activities in its twentieth year.
“MESHA has outdone itself, enhancing the skills of our members, improving science reporting, communication and enhancing community awareness of key issues that affect them,” she said at a virtual launch of the report.
The report, according to MESHA CEO, Aghan Daniel, spotlights MESHA’s key achievements, milestones and strengthened partnerships in advancing science journalism.
“It marks MESHA’s 20 years of progressive, excellent work in raising standards of science journalism and ensuring that science journalists become the busiest lot in newsrooms,” he added.
The 20-page report, showcases remarkable successes—from expanding Media Science Cafes locally in Kenya to regional and global stages, to connecting health and science journalists with leading experts, ensuring accurate translation and reporting of groundbreaking research.
A major project that is in focus is the IDRC-funded Action Research to Enhance Effective Coverage of Climate Change Issues in Africa (ARECCCA) featuring eight media fellows from Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe working to improve the framing and depth of climate change coverage in Africa.
To sharpen journalists’ skills in the ever-changing media landscape, MESHA organized trainings on solutions journalism, mobile journalism (MOJO), use of artificial intelligence and social media for health reporting, data journalism training and editing course for health and science journalists.
Additionally, the report covers the on-going work in promoting a regional media science cafe consortium to increase science literacy by informing communities about current research and new prevention options for HIV and other emerging issues.
Notably, the report covers the successful hosting of the International Federation of Agriculture Journalists (IFAJ) World Congress in October 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya which coincided with MESHA’s 20th birthday.
Also highlighted is strategic forums where MESHA had representation including the 13th World Conference of World Journalists (WCSJ) in South Africa and the African Conference on Agricultural Technology (ACAT) and the 13th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
The report concludes by celebrating the achievement of MESHA members who achieved various awards and nominations in their journalism path.
MESHA is your one stop science media association with a very big footprint in Africa having organised over 20 international events for science journalists in the continent including six African Conference of Science Journalists. [ https://youtu.be/AIFVFiHe-bo ]
