NAME: ERICK KOMBO NDUBI DATE OF BIRTH: 1992 MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE GENDER: MALE
CURRICULUM VITAE
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] ID NUMBER: 29457716
TELEPHONE: 0729647096

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
October 2012-2017: Moi University –Bachelor of Science (Information Science)

A four-year course with a specialization in Publishing and Media Studies (PMS) Second Class Honours (Upper Division)
2008- 2011: St. Paul’s Gekano Boys High School
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

Scored an A- (minus).
2000-2007: Nyangoge Primary School,
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) Scored 345 marks
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WORK EXPERIENCE 2015 February-2015 March

Maintained personal blog writing news articles about events in Moi University.

Major stories covered and published included but not limited to issues of student’s election in Moi University, students’ challenges and events and meetings that took place within the University at that Time.

Blog address: erickkombo.blogspot.co.ke
2015 April- 2015 August

Contributor and editor for the Pillar Moi University Information Science Newspaper.

An initiative driven by students to publish and contribute stories to the Pillar newspaper on a weekly basis.

I contributed stories for publication in the pillar newspaper mainly focusing on students’ politics in the Moi University students’ elections and conferences that took place within the school.

I also received and edited stories from other contributors, checking them for accuracy, factuality and grammar before publication

Hosting a health show in Moi University fm (MU FM). Invited guests to talk about health issues in Moi University.

2015 August- 2016 April

Worked as an online Freelance writer.
Major activities involved researching online and writing academic research papers.

May-2016 August

Maintained group blog writing and editing news from students in Moi University. Address: isgrp10.blogspot.co.ke.

Hosting a health show in Moi University FM (MU FM). Invited guests to talk about health issues in Moi University.

Jan 2017-April 30th 2017
Internship at Royal Media Services

I worked as the digital team member tasked with the responsibility of receiving, editing and structuring stories for the citizen digital which were published at the Citizen Tv Website.
Generating content and leads for stories for Facebook, twitter and Instagram.
Editing videos and preparing them for lunch time and 4 O’clock news using the Final Cut

Pro Version 7.
Script writing and TV news for both English (Lunch Time News) and Swahili (4 o’clock News).
Editing and sending SMS alerts to all news segments of the Royal Media Services. January 2018 – Up to date

News Editor at TUKO.co.ke
Gathering, writing and editing news relevant for the digital platform
Sharing news through social media platforms including but not limited to Facebook and

Twitter
Distributing content in social media platforms in line with the platform policies such as

Facebook policy
Writing politics and entertainment news
REFEREES

Reuben Wanyama
Chief Editor
Pillar Newspaper 0712008181 [email protected]

Duncan Omanga
HoD Publishing and Media Studies Department [email protected]

Koome Kimonye Isaac
Citizen Digital News Editor 0722387346 [email protected]