Haru Mutasa

{{short description|Zimbabwean journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Harugumi Mutasa | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Zimbabwean | death_date = | death_place = | education = Degree in Journalism 2005 | alma_mater = Rhodes Universityk | occupation = Journalist, News broadcaster | employer = Al Jazeera | spouse = }}

'''Harugumi Mutasa''' is a Zimbabwean broadcast journalist. She is currently a journalist for Al Jazeera.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Haru Mutasa: Telling Africa’s stories - JMS50 |url=https://jms50.ru.ac.za/haru-mutasa-telling-africas-stories/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

==Biography== Mutasa earned a Bachelor of Journalism from Rhodes University in 2004 and now works as a broadcast journalist for Al Jazeera English, covering news across Africa.<ref name=":0" /> ==Career== ;Early Career Mutasa began her career as a student interning - during holiday vacations from varsity for: the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), CNN, Television New Zealand (TVNZ), Associated Press Television News (APTN) and the STAR Sports network.

Before joining Aljazeera - as a student reporter on vacation from Rhodes University in South Africa - while in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mutasa produced stories about her country for: CNN's ''Inside Africa'', Television New Zealand (TVNZ) and APTN.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Reporter|date=2019-02-15|title=Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa denied UK visa, Zimbabwe's govt responds|url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/editors-memo-pad/al-jazeeras-haru-mutasa-denied-uk-visa-zimbabwes-govt-responds/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=The Zimbabwe Mail|language=en-GB}}</ref> She has been under the spotlight for challenging the Western Media pertaining their reportage of Africa particularly Zimbabwe. Mutasa underscored that Euporeans do not like to be challenged, in that regard, she urged media practitioners in Zimbabwe to deliberate and establish why Western countries promote such narratives.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Reporter|date=2019-03-31|title=Who is profiting from negative reporting?|url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/columnist/who-is-profiting-from-negative-reporting/|access-date=2021-12-02|website=The Zimbabwe Mail|language=en-GB}}</ref>

;Al Jazeera English for more than 20 years She is a field-correspondent for the Southern Africa region, based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Previously, she worked in East Africa, based at the bureau in Nairobi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2006/11/200852518541361384.html|title=Release: African Line Up|website=english.aljazeera.net|access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/11/01/news/doc4548aba7b0902764236839.txt Al-Jazeera says its English-language news channel will launch Nov. 15] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007231253/http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/11/01/news/doc4548aba7b0902764236839.txt |date=2009-10-07 }}</ref> In addition to these regions, Mutasa has covered stories from across Africa.

Although known mainly as a news correspondent, Mutasa also hosts studio-based interview-programmes. In 2013, she hosted the One World Summit show where pertinent issues around leadership were issues around millennial leadership were discussed, she was alongside Pakistani author and political commentator, Fatima Bhutto.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zimbabwe's Haru Mutasa hosts Al Jazeera talk show|url=https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-37256.html|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Bulawayo24 News}}</ref>

==Awards== * 2007: Royal Television Society Awards:Finalist for the "Young Journalist of the Year" award.<ref>[http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=6942&sec_id=3487 Television Journalism Awards Winners 2007]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.aljazeera.com/profile/haru-mutasa.html Haru Mutasa ] Al Jazeera English (04/02/17)

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