Internews in Kenya :: Daniel Cheseret

Daniel Cheseret

Few developers in Kenya would consider applying for a data journalism fellowship but not Daniel Cheseret. Having realized that the growing importance of data journalism has created new career opportunities in the newsroom, he applied for Internews Data and Health Journalism Fellowship. I will learn more about producing infographics, data mining and creating news applications,” says the software, developer and webmaster.  Among his achievements is developing a news management software for Citizen TV. While working with Royal Media Services, the company that owns Citizen TV, he developed over 10 websites for the group. After five years he left to start a consultancy firm.

During the fellowship Daniel Cheseret produced the News app: What your county is investing in your health and designed the Change for Health and Why Kenya is falling behind on millennium development goals pages.