Once one of the “highest-paid journalists in Uganda”, Barbara Among says the migration of journalists from newsrooms to other fields is more than just money. “Career progression is key.”
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For Immediate Release 27 September 2021 Kampala—For the second year running, the world will celebrate International Day for Universal Access to Information under the cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic. This day was proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference in 2015, declaring 28 September of every year as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). […]
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15 slots available Deadline: 15 October 2021 African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support from the European Delegation to Uganda, invites journalists in Uganda who are interested in environmental issues to apply for a fellowship on covering the environment. Why now? ACME previous studies on media coverage of public affairs have shown that the […]
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A few weeks ago somebody posted on social media a screenshot of Nation Media Group Uganda’s Managing Editor Tabu Butagira email asking editors to promptly flag stories about President Museveni or his family for the attention of the NMG Uganda General Manager (Editorial) Daniel Kalinaki. The person who posted the screenshot had a few words: […]
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Science journalism has come to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to fewer hands specialising in reporting the sciences, many mainstream journalists were thrust into unfamiliar grounds. Dr Charles Wendo shares his assessment.
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By Daniel Kalinaki in the Eastern Africa Journalism Review When 60 African journalists met in Windhoek in May 1991, they had many reasons to be optimistic about media freedom on the continent. The winds of change that had ended the Cold War and blown away the Berlin Wall had stirred a palpable sense of optimism […]
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More and more good journalists are trading the profession for careers in other fields. Why is this the case and is it something to worry about? We spoke to Samuel Gummah, the Executive Director, Uganda Radio Network about this and a wide range of issues. What can you say about the state of journalism in […]
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