Deliver us from straight news
Two years ago, my friend Bill Ristow, who was a Knight International Journalism Fellow at The New Vision in Kampala, wrote the following in one edition of his weekly training …
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Overview of the State of Media Freedom in Uganda
A 2010 report on the state of media freedom in Uganda. Click here for the full report
Read MoreWhatever happened to solidarity in the press?
By Joachim Buwembo Very soon, it will be one year since Uganda’s then most powerful radio station (in terms of audience numbers, staff size and business volume) was physically taken …
Read MoreMedia 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 …
Read MoreBe afraid, the government is nosing around online
If 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 MoreGory…the trend for Ugandan reporting
When 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 MoreProposed changes to Ugandan media law: Media, rights groups push back
The 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 MoreRwanda gets dangerous for journalists to work
A 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 …
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