Yusuf Omar won the Editor’s Choice Vodacom Journalist of the Year award for pioneeringMOJO stories in 2015. He’s the Mobile Journalism lead at eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), incubating 12 Mobile Journalism ‘Bootcamp’ interns. After five years of mobile journalism on the African continent, Omar engages in live TV debates, radio interviews and writes on how selfie sticks and smartphones are transforming the future of TV newsrooms. Most recently, he produced South Africa’s first two virtual reality stories ever. Omar is also attending the Thompson Reuters Media Convergence Course in August, in London.
Yusuf Omar
