Peter G. Mwesige, was until recently the Group Training Editor of the Nation Media Group, East Africa’s biggest multi-media company, where he was in charge of newsroom training at the company’s nearly dozen print and electronic media outlets in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Qualifications A holder of a Ph.D. in…

Bernard Tabaire is a Kampala-based media and communications consultant and a columnist with the Saturday Monitor. He is also a radio and television commentator on public and current affairs.He was until October 2008 Managing Editor for Weekend Editions at the Monitor Publications Ltd, where he had previously worked as Sunday…

Ms. Grace Natabaalo was until May 2010 Online Sub-Editor with the Daily Monitor Newspaper. She also worked as a reporter with the same newspaper for three years. Ms. Natabaalo holds a degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University and has had extensive training in online and multimedia journalism and using…

Mr. Apolo Kakaire is a Kampala-based communications expert. He has extensive experience in media for development, project management, research and advocacy. He has previously worked as a communications specialist with local and International development agencies, including Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, the Civil Society Capacity Building Programme, and the Northern…

Ms. Rachel Mugarura-Mutana is a dedicated broadcasting and media development professional with a proven track record in media management, administration and planning, as well as training. She worked as the editor-in-chief of the country’s leading news agency, the Uganda Radio Network, from its inception in 2005 until 2011. A former…

Ms. Angela Kintu Rwabose is a writer, editor and regular columnist in several publications in Uganda. She has worked with the New Vision as a sub Editor and Vision Voice Radio as an Executive Producer. Ms. Rwabose has mentored and trained reporters for both print and radio journalism. She holds…

Mr Wakabi has worked as a reporter, editor, and researcher. He has also consulted for the World Bank Institute, Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), the Open Society Justice Initiative, Panos, the Uganda Communications Commission, and the UK ’s Department for International Development (DfID), among others.   Mr Wakabi’s…

Sim is a PhD candidate at the Rhodes School of Journalism & Media Studies in Grahamstown, South Africa. His research is in the general areas of community media, the public sphere and social capital.   Specifically, Sim is interested in alternative public spheres in enhancement of social capital in emerging…

Benjamin Rukwengye was until November 2012 Information Officer in the Office of the Prime Minister. He has previously worked at the Uganda Media Centre as a Public Affairs Assistant, Events and Accreditation. He holds a degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University.