Joan Chirwa is CPJ’s southern Africa researcher and founder of Free Press Initiative, a Zambian nonprofit media organization. Previously, she held senior positions at two Zambian newspapers, as managing editor of The Post and editor-in-chief of The Mast. Chirwa holds a master’s degree in mass communication from Britain’s Leicester University, a diploma in journalism from Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka, a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Zambia, and is an advocate of the High Court of Zambia.
