Chair person: Carol Beyanga, Managing Editor (Digital), The Daily Monitor
Participating media: The Daily Monitor, New Vision, Red Pepper, The Observer, The East African, Chimp Reports
Activities
SMS workshop, Grahamstown, in conjunction with Highway Africa conference (August 2016)
Uganda Press Freedom Forum - Whatsapp group creation on Media Freedom Challenges with over 250 participants
MFC meeting in Kampala, 11 April 2017
SMS MasterClass (Durban, June 2017)
Women in News Summit (Durban, June 2017)
Webinar with Sandra Roberts, Head Researcher of Fray Intermedia on "African Journalists on Social Media: Harassment or Freedom?” - 22 September 2017
Uganda MFC Statement Against State Press Gag, 30 October 2017
Press Freedom whatsapp group rallied together to amplify stories about editors summoned over stories about the inspector general of police
Uganda MFC and WAN-IFRA Protest Campaign against detention of Red Pepper editors
MFC visits detained Red Pepper editors in prison
Red Pepper journalists released and offices reopened (article)
Contact the Uganda Media Freedom Committee at media.freedom(at)wan-ifra.org
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