A fourth year student, Brenda Namata has won a scholarship with the International Training Programme (ITP) on media development in Democratic frameworks, by Swedish government agency— Sida. Namata is a communication major and was the best student in the communication policy and regulation course in their third year. In her own words, she is "the youngest, least educated and (least) experienced," amongst those selected and yet she still made the cut.
Reagan Kiyimba, a student in the Department of Journalism and Communication has won the 'Fact-check of the year by a student journalist', awarded by Africa Check. Kiyimba is a fourth-year journalism major.
Reagan Kiyimba is a budding journalist with big dreams who, out of the hallways of Makerere University, won the continental accolade 'Fact-check of the year by a student journalist', awarded by Africa Check.
The Department of Journalism and communication (DJC) in conjunction with Uganda Christian University hosted this years’ East Africa Communications Association Conference, EACA, on 26th- 27th August with key discussions on media and communication in the regional bloc.
