managing and editorial director, Platform for Investigative Journalism, Blantyre, Malawi

Gregory Gondwe

Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow, Class of 2025

Gregory Gondwe is the founder, editor and managing director of the Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) in Malawi. Gondwe’s journalism career began in 1993, coinciding with Malawi’s pivotal transition from a single-party state to a multi-party democracy. 

His dedication to exposing corruption has prompted harassment from authorities. In 2022, police detained him for several hours and confiscated his electronic devices after PIJ published an investigation of the attorney general. And earlier this year, Gondwe went into hiding temporarily after receiving a tip that authorities planned to arrest him over his reporting alleging financial improprieties by the military. 

Gondwe is also a media trainer, part-time lecturer at the University of Malawi and a freelance correspondent for the Associated Press and other international news outlets. JSK welcomes Gondwe as a Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow.  

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