About
A working notebook, not a rulebook
Vorelix grew out of margin notes passed between reporters who wanted a second pair of eyes they could trust.
01 — Origin
Where the practice began
Vorelix started with a single reporter in Nairobi asking a colleague to read a draft with more patience than a deadline allowed. What came back was not a rewrite but a set of questions, each pinned to a specific line — where's the evidence, who said this, does the structure carry the argument.
That habit turned into a small practice, then a slightly larger one. Reporters kept returning, not for answers, but for a disciplined way of asking the right questions of their own work.
Today Vorelix works with individual freelancers and small collectives across Kenya, keeping the same manuscript-and-margin approach that started it all.
02 — Values
What guides the work
01
Evidence before opinion
We separate what a document proves from what a writer believes it implies, and we say so clearly in the notes.
02
The writer keeps the pen
Our role is to ask sharper questions, not to impose a house voice on someone else's reporting.
03
Standards named early
Agreements about how a team will handle disagreement work best before the disagreement arrives.
03 — The People
Who reads with you
Wanjiru Odera
Lead Editor
Kiptoo Mwangale
Sourcing & Standards Lead
Achieng Situma
Workshop Facilitator
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