Peter G. Mwesige, was until recently the Group Training Editor of the Nation Media Group, East Africa’s biggest multi-media company, where he was in charge of newsroom training at the company’s nearly dozen print and electronic media outlets in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Qualifications A holder of a Ph.D. in…

Bernard Tabaire is a Kampala-based media and communications consultant and a columnist with the Saturday Monitor. He is also a radio and television commentator on public and current affairs.He was until October 2008 Managing Editor for Weekend Editions at the Monitor Publications Ltd, where he had previously worked as Sunday…

Sim is a PhD candidate at the Rhodes School of Journalism & Media Studies in Grahamstown, South Africa. His research is in the general areas of community media, the public sphere and social capital.Specifically, Sim is interested in alternative public spheres in enhancement of social capital in emerging democracies.Sim studied…

Mr Wakabi has worked as a reporter, editor, and researcher. He has also consulted for the World Bank Institute, Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), the Open Society Justice Initiative, Panos, the Uganda Communications Commission, and the UK ’s Department for International Development (DfID), among others.Mr Wakabi’s areas of…

Grace was until recently an Online Sub-Editor with the Daily Monitor Newspaper. She also worked as a reporter with the same newspaper for three years.She holds a degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University.She had had extensive training in online and multimedia journalism and using the internet technology in newsrooms.

Mr Kakaire is a professionally trained journalist and communication expert. He has extensive experience in project management, research and advocacy. Mr. Kakaire also has experience in training as well as monitoring and evaluation. He is just completing his contract with the European Union’s Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Programme, where he has…