@Obi 1:
Now I know you are not the old friend whom I mentioned in another thread...he also writes for the papers .
If you really want to write well,no contacts are needed. The trick is to look for a refreshingly new angle to a story.....for example:
right now all Kenyans believe that Migingo island belongs to them. But M7 has sent his police to secure 'the rock'. To the best of my knowledge,M7 is not a mad man. He mus have some reason to think that the island is Uganda's.
Now,can you find that reason and write an article title : 'Contrary to popular opinion,Migingo is in Uganda'?
If you can do that,any editor will pay you for it!!! But,it would be best suited for the EastAfrican
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