NTV's Joe Ageyo Promoted Again
Chief Executive Stephen Gitagama announced that Ageyo's immediate priority will be the successful operationalisation of the Integrated Newsroom.
Marvin Chege 
The Nation Media Group (NMG) on Tuesday, September 5 appointed Kenyan television journalist and media manager, Joe Ageyo to the position of Editor-In-Chief.
In an internal memo seen by Viral Tea, Ageyo will be reporting to the group CEO and will be expected to furnish him with a status report on all editorial operations.
Chief Executive Stephen Gitagama announced that Ageyo's immediate priority will be the successful operationalisation of the Integrated Newsroom.
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He will also be charged with overall responsibilities for the Group's Editorial operations across all platforms and ensuring the Group's Editorial Policy is upheld.
The appointment is Ageyo's second promotion months since joining NMG from Royal Media Services (RMS). He joined the media house in April 2022 as the Editorial Director-Broadcasting and was subsequently promoted to the Group Editorial Director in November 2022.
The journalist on Thursday, August 10 marked 25 years since joining the media industry after graduating from university and named 16 personalities who played a key role in the growth of his media career.
He first credited Chams Media Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Alex Chamwada for beginning the media journey alongside him when they both joined the newsroom on the same day.
According to Ageyo, the two became buddies in the media space in Kenya and walked with each other through a number of media houses such as Royal Media Services where he worked as Editorial Director, the Standard Group as Managing Editor (KTN News) and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) as a Senior Reporter.
"Today, Chamwada runs a media organisation he founded a few years ago - well, I run some things here and there too, but I am truly grateful to God for grace and favour," Ageyo stated.
"And of course to you out here who cheer me on, hold my feet to the fire and generally express whatever opinion about what I do or don't - I salute you too. You are the reason I keep doing what I do," he told his fans and followers.
Ageyo served as Editorial Director at RMS for the past four years from KTN, where he had risen from general news reporter to managing editor.
He joined KTN in 2000 and rose from reporter to deputy news editor before leaving in 2005 and joining NTV. He returned to KTN in 2012 after seven years.
In 2001 he took home the Environmental Journalist of the Year award.
“I leave tonight an extremely proud man, proud of the mountains we’ve scaled together, proud of the many shoulders there were to lean on when the ride took us to the valley. I have had the privilege of leading the most formidable news team on Kenyan television, the most diverse news team on radio and no doubt a force to reckon with in the digital space too. A salute to my fellow directors and the teams they lead,” he stated during his final Citizen TV's NewsGang show on Thursday, March 10.
Ageyo holds an MSc. in Environmental Governance from the University of Manchester, a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi's School of Journalism, and a Bachelor of Agribusiness Management from Egerton University.
He also holds certificates in Sustainability Management and Environment Diplomacy from the University of Tilburg, Netherlands and the University of Geneva, respectively. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Media Studies at Daystar University.
