MY CV

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
WINSTON NELSON MWALE
Zodiak Broadcasting Station
Private Bag 312,
Lilongwe 3. Malawi.
Cell: (+265) 991 500 730
Email: winstonmwale@journalist.com,mwalewinston@gmail.com
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 19 April, 1970
Nationality: Malawian.
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE
Seek employment in which journalism, news-writing, editing (proof reading),public
relations, mobile journalism and translation skills are required.
EDUCATION:
LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM-UK (2012)
Diploma in Journalism and News-writing
* Starting Out In Journalism
* What is News?
* The Junior Reporter
* The Senior Reporter
* Filing Copy
* The Evening Papers
* The Nationals
*Journalists and the law
*Writing Features
*Specialist Writing-parts 1 & 2
*The Qualified Journalist
*Sub-editing and Design
*Television and Radio
*The Editor’s Chair
UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI, CHANCELLOR COLLEGE (2008)
Certificate in Television Production
*Research Techniques of the media industry
*Pre-Production Techniques of the media industry
*Production management project
*Working to a brief in the media industry
*Critical Approaches to media products
*Understanding the media industry

2. *Script-Writing, Shooting and. Editing Videos
PEN-POINT SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, MALAWI (1998-1999)
Certificate in Journalism
*Introduction to Journalism
*The Journalist and the Law
*Journalistic Ethics
*English for the Journalist
*The nature of News
*Techniques of News Gathering
*The Structure of a News Story
*News Writing Style
*Reporting from the Courts
*Sports Reporting
*The Nature of a Feature Article
*Handling various Types of Features
*The Feature Writers Method
*Helpful Hints for the Freelance Journalist
EMPLOYMENT
April 2009 up to date
SUB EDITOR at Zodiak Broadcasting Station-ZBS
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Supervising, assigning and coaching all reporters and correspondents
2. Controlling all invitations of coverage both at BH and Bureaus
3. Copy tasting all stories before delivering them to the sub-editor on duty
4. Liaising on daily basis with bureaus on the day’s dairy
5. Pushing and ensuring reporters and bureau chiefs respect deadlines set for all
bulletins
6. Producing bulletins in emergency times
7. Producing and editing current affairs programs and other special productions
8. Producing monthly performance reports for each reporter
9. Choosing lead stories in liaison with editors and sub-editors on duty
10. Producing weekend roster for BH and regions
11. Cultivating and maintain news sources
12. Performing any other assignments as delegated by seniors
13. Gathering and writing news – this involves the day to day work such as researching
on stories, investigating and interviewing news sources.
14. Editing stories by other ZBS reporters and correspondents.
15. Writing online stories for ZBS website: www. zodiakmalawi.com
16. Translating reports and documents for the both ZBS and other institutions and
organizations
REPORTER for Global South Development Magazine

3. http://www.gsdmagazine.org/26-new-development-reporters-announced/
TEACHER 2000-2009
Worked at St. Francis Catholic Primary School in Madisi, Dowa- My duty was to teach
assigned subjects at the mentioned school.
Taught subjects like English Social Studies, Agriculture Life Skills
Also formed extracurricular clubs at the school
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE JOURNALIST; January2005 to April 2009
This mainly involved gathering and writing news and features for various news papers
and magazines; also worked with ZDF TV of Germany of two occasions when they were
doing documentary in the country.
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:
 Parliamentary Reporting (UNESCO-2009/ NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY-2010)
 Journalist Training on the RTS, S Malaria Vaccine Candidate
(UNC Project, MVI PATH, GlaxoSmithKline, 2010)
 Refugees, Human Rights and UNHCR (UNHCR & MISA
MALAWI-2010)
 HIV & AIDS Communication Skills (Business Coalition Against
HIV& AIDS-2010)
 ‘NUMBERS IN THE NEWSROOM’ (Population Reference
Bureau-2011)
 Child Rights Reporting (Media Council of Malawi & UNICEF-
2011)
 Broadcasting Ethics and Conflict Reporting Skills (Malawi
Institute of Journalism and Malawi Communication Regulatory
Authority-2012)
 Farmer Program e-Course (Farm Radio International (2012)
 Budget Analysis for the Water Sector(WaterAid Malawi 2013)
 Training in Investigative in the Data Age, Social Media, Mobile
Journalism by the Knight Centre for Journalism in the
Americas(2013/2014)
 Training in Mobile Journalism by Thomson Reuters
Foundation(2014)
AWARDS
1. Media Institute of Southern Africa Human Rights Journalist of the Year-electronic
(2012/13)
2. Media Institute of Southern Africa of the Year-electronic best in HIV, Malaria and TB
reporting (2012)

4. 3. Media Institute of Southern Africa of the Year-electronic best in Water, Sanitation, and
Hygiene (2013)
4. Media Institute of Southern Africa of the Year-electronic best in Development for
Partnership (2014)
4. Zodiak Broadcasting Station Journalist of the Year (2012 and 2013).
5. Most Hardworking Employee at Zodiak Broadcasting Station Newsroom(2014)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Languages: Proficient in English and Chichewa; knowledge of Zulu/Ndebele &
Shona
Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Office packages and Internet Explorer; Adobe
Audition, video editing software
Hobbies: General reading, writing, watching movies, playing football, traveling
Translation: Have skills in translation: so far have done works for organizations like
Farmers Union of Malawi, Association for Secular Humanism, and other organizations.
REFEREES
1. Executive Director
Malawi Economic Justice Network
Dalitso Kubalasa
Cell: +265 888 897 122/+265 999 897 122
Email: dkubalasa@gmail.com
2. Executive Director
Civil Society Coalition for Quality Education
Mr. Benedicto Kondowe
Cell: 0999613751/0888613751
Email: bkondowe@gmail.com
3. The Director
London School of Journalism,
PO Box 1745,
Bath BA2 6YE,
126 Shirland Road,
London W9 2BT,
UK
Tel: +44 (01225)444774