The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from Tanzania
This page contains a list of the greatest Tanzanian Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 127 Journalists, 2 of which were born in Tanzania. This makes Tanzania the birth place of the 18th most number of Journalists behind Denmark and Moldova.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tanzanian Journalists of all time. This list of famous Tanzanian Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Alan Johnston (1962 - )
With an HPI of 32.88, Alan Johnston is the most famous Tanzanian Journalist. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Alan Graham Johnston (born 17 May 1962) is a British journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBC's correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and Italy. He is based in London. Johnston was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip on 12 March 2007 by the militant group Army of Islam. He was unconditionally released on 4 July, nearly four months later, after much pressure was put on the group by the now-dominant Hamas.
2. Vicky Ntetema (1959 - )
With an HPI of 32.38, Vicky Ntetema is the 2nd most famous Tanzanian Journalist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Vicky Ntetema (born c. 1958) is a Tanzanian journalist known for breaking the story about the murder of persons with albinism in Tanzania. Later, she became Executive Director of Under the Same Sun (UTSS) in Tanzania.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as journalists born between 1959 and 1962. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living journalists include Alan Johnston and Vicky Ntetema.
