Monitor journalists win awards for press freedom
Left to right: Daily Monitor journalists Ephraim Kasozi, Alex Atuhaire, Johnson Mayamba and Betty Ndagire pose with the awards in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO BY RACHEL MABALA
The Daily Monitor newspaper yesterday scooped the overall winner award for highlighting the journalists’ human rights.
The company and three of its journalists were yesterday awarded by the Human Rights Network for Journalists- (HRNJ-Uganda), a network of human rights journalists, in recognition of their “outstanding” reporting of media rights in the country.
Ms Betty Ndagire, Mr Johnson Mayamba and Mr Ephraim Kasozi were among the five journalists who were recognised. Others included Mr Kenny Kazibwe of the online Chimpreports, Mr Davis Buyondo from New Vision and the Sunrise’s Henry Lutaaya.
The award ceremony took place at the debate organised by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) under the theme; “20 years of the Press and Journalist Act in Uganda: milestones, challenges and remedies” to mark the World Press Freedom Day, in the country.
Speaking about the awards, Ms Lynn Najjemba, a media trainer with Panos Eastern Africa, said they received more than 30 entries for the award considerations but several entries fell short of the criteria.
Journalists’ body HRNJ-Uganda received the prestigious Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) Astor Award for its outstanding work in protecting the freedom of journalists in the country.
