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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


When Tanzania clipped wings of Kenya Airways

Uganda, Jan. 19 -- Headlines are perhaps the most important selling window of a story because they give readers a glimpse of what the story is about, thus enticing them to read it. In journalism schoo... Read More


Inverted pyramid and who should make news

Uganda, Jan. 12 -- What value a story brings to readers or viewers must always be at the back of editors' and news producers' minds as they send the newspaper to print or flag off a news bulletin. Th... Read More