How I did it is an ACME series where journalists who have done compelling stories talk about how they executed the job. The interview has been condensed for space and clarity. Listen to the full version on the ACME Talks podcast. Welcome, Gerald, tell us about yourself professionally. My name is Gerald Tenywa, an environment […]
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Another rough season for local journalism is underway. Arrests. Assaults. Interrogations. Confiscation of equipment. Shutdown of FM stations. Ban on live broadcasts. Suspension of presenters and producers. Threats of suspension or revocation of broadcast licences. The intrepid people at Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda do a great service in tracking these abuses. The current cruelties […]
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This article was first published in Daily Monitor. *** Media is a big deal. How much of a big deal? Unesco suggests it is a very big deal. “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies.” Themes don’t come as intimidatingly grand as this year’s overall theme for World Press […]
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By Bernard Tabaire We have had the first thrust of media coverage of the budget, which was presented on Thursday, 11 June 2014. Some more analysis will undoubtedly follow through the weekend. There may not be a whole lot after that, given that coverage tends to focus mostly on which sector got how much. Looking […]
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By Bernard Tabaire Wrongly spelt words – even of names of sources one has interviewed – atrocious punctuation, and context-free stories are the most irritating things for me about our media. I am leaving out other horrors: grammar, word-usage, syntax, accuracy. For I come not to beat up on the Ugandan media. Plenty of it […]
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Were the coordinated 5 July attacks in the Rwenzori region ethnic or were they the work of an old rebel group such as the ADF or perhaps a new organisation altogether? Much media coverage has focused on this either/or question. Coverage is very likely to be frozen in this formulation. It should not. Any attack […]
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