Managing EditorNation Media Group
JAMES SMART
Managing Editor, Newsroom Production | NED Fellow |Chevening alumni
James Smart is a broadcast journalist leader in television, audio production, and new media.
His current assignment as Managing Editor, Newsroom production at Nation Media Group sees him oversee journalism production an all platforms; television, newspaper, radio and online.
He has previously worked as a news anchor and talk show host, conceptualizing top current affairs shows in Kenya #TheTrend, a program focused on young people and current events, #newssources which integrated journalists’ opinions with current affairs and #KTNLivewire.
As a producer, he has produced one of the top crime podcast series #Casenumberzero that investigated the disappearance of a former journalist in Kenya in a captivating series that has over 1 million listens across platforms. Other recent productions include #ParadiseLost- the story of former TV King and his struggles with life, #Acountryofgamblers- the story of how Ke