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Court acquits 'Daily Monitor' editors

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:56:00 +0200

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A court in Kampala has thrown out a case of forgery against the Daily Monitor managing editor Daniel Kalinaki and political editor Henry Ochieng on grounds that the prosecution failed to adduce sufficient evidence to sustain the charge.
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Ugandans get common Suggestion Box

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:00 +0200

Finally, there's a publication which gives Ugandans more space to express their views and frustrations on just about anything in a bigger way.
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Vision eyes ad revenue from The Kampala Sun

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:54:00 +0200

Vision Group, a multimedia house in Uganda, expects The Kampala Sun to lift its advertising revenue as it picks up in the market, says the head of marketing, Susan Nsibirwa, in an interview last week.
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Journalists petition police over torture

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:26:00 +0200

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A local journalists' organisation has petitioned the Police Professional Standards Unit to take action against Lira police officers who beat up a Daily Monitor journalist during the protests in Lira over continued load shedding.
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UK firm to boost climate change coverage in EA

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:07:00 +0200

WRENmedia, a United Kingdom-based a specialist communications company is set to sharpen reporting skills of journalists covering climate change issues in Eastern Africa, according to Susanna Thorp, director of the firm.
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Uganda's Sun resurrects amid stiff competition

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:06:00 +0200

The Kampala Sun, a new publication by Vision Group, is the latest addition to Uganda's newsstands. The tabloid has been revived seven years after the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (Vision Group), published and launched its first copy, although it didn't live to celebrate its first birthday.
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Uganda: Oil and gas journalists to be honoured

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:10:00 +0200

Ugandan journalists covering the oil and gas industry will be honoured for their work this year, in an effort aimed at raising the profile of good investigative journalism in the country.
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PictureWorks CEO to tip East Africans on innovative leadership

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0200

Don Strickland, an innovator of digital imaging and multimedia services for mobile, and internet services is scheduled to tip business managers about innovative leadership at The Monitor Thought Leaders Forum set to take place in Uganda on 14 November 2011.
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Google urges journos to go digital to thrive

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:37:00 +0200

At the recent Google's gUganda conference held in Kampala, Ugandan journalists were urged to embrace digital tools such as smartphones and tablet computers to secure their future as content providers.
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[Highway Africa 2011] Making the media work with the civil society

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:37:00 +0200

A meeting of senior media gurus from five African countries, took place on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Highway Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, agreed to disagree on whether the media needs to be bed fellows with civil society to achieve either parts' objectives or not.
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