Uganda, May 8 -- Monitor Publications Ltd co-founder and pioneer Managing Editor Wafula Oguttu, Fountain Publishers' James Tumusiime, and Makerere University's Prof Goretti Nassanga have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to media development in the country.

The trio received award citations from the Uganda Media Sector Working Group (UMSWG) as part of commemorations of World Press Freedom Day last Friday. UMSWG is a multi-stakeholder platform to create dialogue within the media industry.

Uganda marked the day under the global theme, 'A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the face of the Environmental Crisis', to highlight the crisis and the role of journalism and freedom of expression in shaping solutions to climate cha...