A NBS TV journalist has today been beaten by UPDF soldiers, nine days after the army apologised for a similar incident. Joshua Mujunga was covering a demonstration in Kamwokya, Kampala, from 8.30am before trouble began. His employer, NBS said: NBS journalist Joshua Mujunga, has faced the wrath of the UPDF this morning. The video journalist […]
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Vision Group Editor-in-Chief Barbara Kaija has been recognised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) for her exceptional leadership in the newsroom. The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award is given annually to an outstanding female editor from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). A Thursday statement noted: […]
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Journalism across the world “is under fire”, according to a Unesco freedom of expression report. The 2017/18 World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development report, launched at Makerere University on 14 March 2018, notes that while there is a stronger desire to seek and receive information, more restrictions on imparting information are being […]
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About the Course African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has obtained funding from the United States Mission in Uganda to continue delivering training on reporting health and HIV/AIDS under its wider Knowledge-Based Journalism Programme. The first training sought to equip journalists and media practitioners with the requisite skills and knowledge to engage in health journalism […]
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Media entrepreneur Trevor Ncube has relinquished majority shares in South Africa’s Mail & Guardian. In a statement posted on Twitter on 12 December 2017, Mr Ncube said he was “no longer in position to invest in the M&G”. He acquired shares in 2002 and oversaw the growth of M&G circulation numbers, the development of its […]
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Mr Joseph Muganda. Photo by Daily Nation Nation Media Group CEO Joseph Muganda is set to join Vivo Energy in Kenya, following his resignation from the media conglomerate. The resignation takes effect on 31 January 2018, according to a statement from the NMG board. In the meantime, Group Finance Director Stephen Gitagama is the acting […]
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Ugandans and the media fraternity have been urged to speak out whenever they notice abuses to freedom of the press. The call was made my US ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac while speaking at the launch of a book by Uganda Press Photo Awards (UPPA). “We all need to speak out when we see threats […]
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The Observer has today, 6 December 2017, switched back to a weekly newspaper, five years after it started publishing three times a week. The Managing Director, Mr James Tumusiime, told ACME that publishing a tri-weekly was no longer financially sustainable. “It was no longer cost-effective for us to print three issues,” Mr Tumusiime said. “We […]
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