Daniel Samson is a graduate of Bachelor of Art in Journalism from University of Dar es Salaam.
Mr. Daniel , who is the Digital Editor at Nukta Africa, covers local and international assignments on Environment, Business, Technology and Education stories for the local data-driven news site www.nukta.co.tz.
Daniel Samson is an award-winning Journalist based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
He has won several local awards such as the recent Best Data Journalist in 2019 released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Education in Excellence Journalism Awards (EJAT) 2020 by Media Council of Tanzania (MCT).
Despite having reporting and editorial roles, Daniel is a trainer and mentor on data journalism and fact-checking.
He attended several online and offline workshops and training including of Investigative Journalism Course on April 25-May 6, 2022 by The African Center for Media Excellence (A.C.M.E), Biodiversity Conservation Online Workshop conducted by Journalists’ Environmental Association of Tanzania (JET) USAID PROTECT IN December 2021, Online Environmental Journalism Workshop in September 2020 and African Investigative Journalism Conference 2020 organized by University of Witwatersrand.
Daniel also has been working with InfoNile as Data Wrangler, JamiiForums as Data Journalist and reporter at Majira newspaper.