Sharon Muzaki

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Sharon Muzaki is an award-winning environmental and science journalist covering public health, climate change, and emerging technologies in Africa. Her work focuses on making complex scientific and environmental issues accessible while highlighting their impact on communities across the continent. She holds a degree in Journalism and Communication from Makerere University and has undertaken extensive professional training in data journalism, climate reporting, agroecology, multimedia storytelling, and mobile reporting. Sharon is the inaugural Africa and Middle East fellow of the Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East Fellowship, supported by Springer Nature under the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. As an MIT Knight Science Journalism Research Fellow, she engaged with leading scientists and science writers, deepening her commitment to rigorous, impactful science journalism.

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The nonprofit ASD Monde is providing handwashing kits to schools in Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu province, in the eastern DRC. Image courtesy of ASD Monde.

Ebola outbreak draws attention to longstanding virus spillover risks in western Uganda

Sharon Muzaki, Malavika Vyawahare 27 May 2026

The endangered Hildegarde’s tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae) in flight near its roost in the caves of Mount Suswa, Kenya, during a conservation monitoring survey. Image courtesy of Bat Conservation International.

At dusk in Kenya’s caves, scientists study the hidden lives of bats

Sharon Muzaki 17 Mar 2026

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Will Hackman at an Earth Day event in Washington, D.C. He argues that effective climate messaging should be framed around protecting people and communities, rather than saving the planet. Photo courtesy of Will Hackman.

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