Greater care needed on subjective descriptions
By Joachim Buwembo Besigye under the watchful eye of police. There are times when you read a news story and find yourself smiling. Many times it is over a very …
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Media bow to officialdom’s threats, abdicate their responsibility
Call me a serial whiner, or whatever, but I must say following the release of Kampala’s mayoral election results on Monday night was painful. Clearly, the Ugandan media gave in …
Read MoreDeliver 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 …
Read MoreConfidence In Newspapers And TV News low In U.S.
At least 25 per cent of Americans have no confidence in news provided through traditional media like newspapers and television, a new survey shows. The annual Confidence in Institutions survey …
Read MoreImages of death after Kampala bomb attacks
Four 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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