Cindy Sipula is a freelance multimedia journalist, a fact-checker who reports issues concerning the environment, climate change, and sustainable development.

She has over eight years of journalism experience in print, electronic and online media.

Cindy is based in Lusaka, Zambia and a member of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter and the Zambian Bloggers Network.

Her journalistic works have been supported by Earth Journalism Network, the African Union to mention a few. She is also a multiple award environmental journalist and a fellow of the Women in News Leadership Accelerator Program.

She especially reports on environmental issues and has reported on the decline of fish stocks on Lake Tanganyika due to the rising temperatures in Mpulungu district of the northern part of Zambia. Rest of her environmental stories have focused on sustainable agriculture practice, water investment with the recent one written in collaboration with Global Water Partnership for Africa and the UN Water Conference in New York City as a way of addressing climate change.

Cindy Sipula

Basic information

Name
Cindy Sipula
Title
Journalist
Expertise
environmental issues
Country
Zambia
City
Lusaka

Supported projects

UK Diamond Company Linked to Pollution

  • Environment

MOKHOTLONG – This investigation focuses on the mining activities of Letseng Diamond Mine, a subsidiary of GEM-Diamonds, a diamond company based in Lesotho, Southern Africa that has been linked to water pollution in the area despite winning climate awards.

Life after Lead Poisoning

  • Corruption
  • Environment
  • Healthcare

KABWE – More than four decades after the news broke about the illness caused by lead poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia, journalists dig deep to learn how victims' lives have changed since the World Bank provided $65 million in assistance to the Zambian government.