Tatenda Chitagu is a seasoned Zimbabwean freelance journalist with a decade of experience in the field. Based in the southern city of Masvingo, Chitagu has been a pivotal figure in the media landscape since the launch of The Newsday in 2010, contributing to its growth as the country's largest privately-owned daily paper. Chitagu's expertise also extends to writing for The Standard and The Independent, two sister weeklies of The Newsday. Prior to this, Chitagu honed journalistic skills as a news editor for The Masvingo Mirror, the biggest privately-owned regional paper, and contributed to an international radio station and a national news agency.

Chitagu's educational background includes a Master of Science in Media and Society Studies from Midlands State University. This academic foundation has underpinned a career marked by a commitment to investigative reporting and giving a voice to marginalized communities. In 2015, Chitagu was honored with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) Best Human Rights Defender Journalist of the Year Award, recognizing the impactful coverage of the displacement of 18,000 people due to the construction of the Tokwe Mukosi dam. Further cementing Chitagu's reputation, the journalist is the recipient of the Haller Prize for Development Journalism award in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Currently, Chitagu is broadening journalistic horizons by attending a fellowship program at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Chitagu's work has illuminated a spectrum of critical issues, from public health challenges, such as the government's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, to the economic crisis and hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Reporting on political violence, environmental conservation, and the empowerment of development through digital technology, Chitagu continues to shed light on the complexities of Zimbabwean society and the broader Sub-Saharan African region.