Halima Gikandi with producer John Fecile on the red carpet of the 2024 Gracie Awards in Beverley Hills. They won the Best National Radio Award for their story “Road to Boito,” which was produced by KQED in California. Photo Credit: Presley Ann via Getty Images (2024).

About Me

I’m an award-winning journalist, producer, and communications expert based in New York. I spent most of my career bringing delivering radio stories to 2.5 million people across the United States. I also helped create film, podcasts, and documentaries that inspired, educated, and motivated.

These days, I oversee publications, design, communications strategy, partnerships, and public engagement at The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

I was born in New Jersey, studied history at Columbia University, lived in Türkiye and Kenya, and now live in New York.

Where I’ve been:

  • Kenya

    Managing local production for a Bill Gates film in Tsavo National Park.

  • Somalia

    Riding in an armored UN vehicle in Somalia, on route to an IDP camp to interview people displaced by drought and terrorist attacks (2022)

  • Northern Ethiopia

    Eating lunch with members of Fano, an Amhara militia, during the war in Northern Ethiopia (2022)

  • Sudan

    Covering the anti-coup protests in Khartoum, Sudan (2021)

  • Nigeria

    Interviewing a young voter in Lagos, Nigeria about the national election (2023)