A visiting American media consultant has warned Journalists not to be carried away by prejudices and biases in order to live harmoniously and deliver quality services among communities. While presenting a paper at a 3 day training of 20 journalists in Fort-Portal, Joyce Barret-a veteran journalist from the US said that,"as human beings, we all have our own prejudices and biases". She particularly warned reporters to be cautious while doing their work and guard against perpetuating hate speech which has caused conflicts and led to genocide in different countries.Barret urged the reporters to uphold their code of conduct and ethics and be accurate, and objective while reporting stories.
Addressing the same workshop, the US Kampala Embassy information officer Crane Elise said her country has a cordial relationship Uganda and added that it is the reason why they sponsored the workshop upcountry to give journalist the opportunity to acquire modern skills and be empowered to do their work more easily. Crane urged the reporters to always be accurate, balanced and fair while doing their work.
Denis Jjuuko a lecturer at Nkumba university and a renown journalist, lectured the journalists through on line publishing including making pod casts in order to compile good multi-media news stories;comprising text, video and still pictures. Mr. Jjuuko, gave the reporters a hands on experience on how to use the new media.
Mr Mulumba who is in charge of training at Uganda media development foundation-UMDF, said any journalist who hopes to remain relevant in the competitive media industry must acquire new skills of ICT and added that the newsroom and the media space is narrowing.
The workshop which was conducted by UMDF and sponsored by the US mission in Kampala, lasted 3 days and was held at Cornerstone hotel in Fort-portal and attended by journalists from all the 5 Fm radio stations in F/Portal and correspondents of the print media as well.
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