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) [2]
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) [3]
Women in News Summit (Durban, June 2017) [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
MFC visits detained Red Pepper editors in prison [6]
Red Pepper journalists released and offices reopened (article) [7]
Contact the Uganda Media Freedom Committee at media.freedom(at)wan-ifra.org
