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Digital census or just a population census?

Uganda, April 19 -- Uganda is set to conduct a National Population and Housing Census on May 9, 2024. This will be the eleventh census since the country started conducting one. It will be the sixth in... Read More


Newsrooms need climate literacy to tell stories well

Uganda, April 12 -- This year's World Press Freedom Day (WPFD-2024) is only a fortnight away. It falls on May 3, 2024. The theme is: "A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the face of the Environmenta... Read More


Do you live in a news oasis or news desert?

Uganda, April 5 -- The haves and have-nots is not just a phenomenon of food on the table or access to social services. It is also very much manifest in access to news and information. A recent study ... Read More


Why media should care when many avoid news

Uganda, March 22 -- Perhaps never before has so much news/information been so available on different platforms and at a very affordable cost (or no cost at all) as it is today. Similarly, perhaps neve... Read More


Readers' take on trust in media and similar photos

Uganda, March 1 -- This week's column is wholly dedicated to your feedback and questions. We start off with Kato Abel (@KatoAbel3) who tagged me (images and text) on X (Twitter) on February 15, saying... Read More


Truth, and the not so true about media bias

Uganda, Feb. 23 -- We often hear from news subjects accusations of "media bias" either in relation to a particular story or in general reporting about an event or series of events. The media's respons... Read More


If newspaper must die, then let it not be today

Uganda, Feb. 16 -- The Newspaper or print is dying" is something we hear so often nowadays that many journalists, media managers and media owners have already given up the battle, only struggling to l... Read More


Why bad journalists may not do good journalism

Uganda, Feb. 9 -- Trust in news media has been on the wane since the arrival of social media. The new media not only disrupted the way we tell stories and how we consume stories, it also changed who t... Read More


What journalist are you on social media?

Uganda, Feb. 2 -- Social media is by far the largest mass media of all time, thanks to advances in information and communications technology (ICT) that has not only cut away distance and time as a bar... Read More