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Vision Group top editor elected to WAN-IFRA Board, pledges to give voice to women journalists 

By Jackline Kansiime  Vision Group Editor-in-Chief Barbara Kaija has been elected to the supervisory board of directors for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).  Kaija and 10 other new board members were elected during the WAN-IFRA annual general meeting on 17 June 2022.  Commenting on the appointment, Kaija said: “I will put […]

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Vision Group Editor-in-Chief recognised for newsroom leadership

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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World Press Freedom Day speakers call for new reporting and funding models for Uganda’s media

The Ugandan media industry needs a paradigm shift, which deconstructs media values that hinder performance and promote conflict, Dr William Tayeebwa has said. Dr Tayeebwa, Head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University, made this call in his keynote address at a World Press Freedom Day 2017 conference held in Kampala on […]

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We need independent media regulation – Vision Group Editor-in-Chief

This commentary was first published in the 6 October 2016 edition of New Vision. For more information and news on the subject, visit www.newvision.co.ug. *** Parliament recently summoned the editors of several media houses to “clarify” on their publications on Parliamentary expenditure during the Uganda North America Association Conference in Boston. Below is the presentation […]

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