Farai Shawn Matiashe

Journalist
Zimbabwe
Farai Shawn Matiashe is an award-winning journalist based in Mutare, Zimbabwe who writes for various international media outlets including Aljazeera, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Vice World News, The Africa Report and Quartz Africa. Farai, who has reported from more than five countries including those in Europe, is passionate about rural reporting where he covers climate change, renewable energy and agriculture stories. He mainly focus on stories that impact marginalised groups including women, youths, indigenous people and people with disabilities. He believes these margianlised communities are the ones who suffer the most from the effects of climate change. Farai’s articles are solution-driven and go beyond just highlighting challenges communities face as a result of climate change.