Media turnover in Uganda – a UK comparison
By Raymond Baguma I have been in the UK newsrooms at The Times and The Independent newspapers for the last three months on a work placement programme. So, I find …
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By Raymond Baguma I have been in the UK newsrooms at The Times and The Independent newspapers for the last three months on a work placement programme. So, I find …
Read MoreIf you are a journalist working for independent media in Uganda, the police have probably summoned you for questioning and possibly even charged you in the courts. If not, you …
Read MoreWhen Bukedde, the Luganda daily started placing almost gory (and sometimes very gory) pictures on their front pages with catchy headlines ‘Bamusee’ etc, the mad dash for this paper signaled …
Read MoreThe first half of 2010 has been a period of heightened activity amongst media practitioners in Uganda. It is all because of the government’s proposed changes to the law that …
Read MoreA week before the killing in Rwanda of Umuvugizi journalist Jean- Léonard Rugambage, his top editor was having coffee with a friend at Café Javas, a trendy eatery at the …
Read MoreSomewhere in the middle of his speech before a journalism awards ceremony in Kampala recently, President Museveni had an important question to ask. “So,” he said, “is there press freedom …
Read MoreFour days after the bomb blasts that killed more than 70 people in Kampala on July 11, I received a call from a Ugandan friend attending an international conference in …
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