“Joining Media Is The Best Thing That Has Happened To Me,” KTN’s Joy Doreen Biira Opens Up

She is well known to many as the soft spoken news anchor at KTN with a short natural hair.

In a recent interview with The Standard, Joy talks about her interest in the media industry though she has a degree in Bsc. Information Technology at the Makerere University.

“My interest in media came from fascination of Rick Dees radio shows and a lot of what I watched on BBC when I was young.”

Though she studied a different course altogether, Doreen still had an interest with the media industry.

“I was excited at the thought of having to deal with computers and mobile communication, coding and marketing in the IT sector.

Still because of her fascination with communication, she has one confession “I had a microphone in my room that I used to train my voice with.”

Doreen can still remember her first experience in the media industry in the second semester of her first year when one of her friends asked her to accompany him to an audition.

“As I waited in the hallway looking at girls walking out of the audition room, I started to doubt my ability and thought that I could not handle the media industry,” she says.

After being convinced by a producer to join the audition, she was called in two weeks to start her training.

“Joining the media industry is the best thing that has happened to me” she says.

She further adds “I have grown to appreciate the power that lies in words; I know I can be what I want to be. If I work hard in it, I’ll be where I want to be”

And what inspires her the most?

“God is my biggest inspiration. He created us, gave us talents and left us the choice to find our potential.”

On finding opportunities, she says “We live in a world filled with opportunity, we just have to prepare ourselves for it when it comes knocking.”

In her own words she talks about her experience in the media industry. “What inspires me is the fact that I am in the media industry, the urge to serve masses and make a difference in people’s lives is what moves me forward.”

Doreen says that the biggest misconception people have when they first meet her is that they think she takes life too seriously.

“Yes I do mean business but I also have a light side. You need to spend a few minutes with me to encounter the “goofy Joy”

Courtesy: Standard Digital.

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