Golden Pen of Freedom Award (2002) UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize (2002)
Geoffrey Nyarota (born c. 1951)[1] is a Zimbabwean journalist and human rights activist. Born in colonial Southern Rhodesia, he trained as a teacher before beginning his career with a Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper, The Herald. As editor of the state-owned Bulawayo Chronicle in 1989, he helped to break the "Willowgate" scandal, which resulted in several resignations from the cabinet of President Robert Mugabe.
When Nyarota was subsequently removed from his post, he spent several years teaching in exile before returning to open the independent Daily News. Bearing the motto "Telling it like it is", the Daily News swiftly became Zimbabwe's most popular newspaper. However, the paper also suffered two bombings, allegedly by Zimbabwean security forces. Nyarota was arrested six times and reportedly was the target of a government assassination plot. After being forced from the paper by new management in December 2002, Nyarota left Zimbabwe.
In exile in the United States, he began The Zimbabwe Times, an online newspaper. His memoir Against the Grain, Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman was published in South Africa in 2006.
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GeoffreyNyarota (born c. 1951) is a Zimbabwean journalist and human rights activist. Born in colonial Southern Rhodesia, he trained as a teacher before...
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and continued in its multi-party form. In 1989, Chronicle editors GeoffreyNyarota and Davison Maruziva exposed what was known as the Willowgate scandal...
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as editor. Subsequently, he co-founded The Daily News, in 1999 with GeoffreyNyarota and Davison Maruziva. The paper was so critical of the Robert Mugabe...
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story of Mugabe's downfall". Reuters. Retrieved 14 November 2022. Nyarota, Geoffrey (6 January 2009). "Shiri's assassination attempt was a hoax". The...
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