Odoobo C. Bichachi

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Odoobo C. Bichachi

On Tuesday this week, the Reuters Institute released its most anticipated “Digital News Report 2025”. As it has done over the years, this is perhaps one of the most comprehensive dives into trends in media consumption worldwide. This particular report, authored by Nic Newman, Amy Ross Arguedas, Craig T. Robertson, Rasmus Nielsen and Richard Fletcher, surveyed at least 100,000 people online in 48 markets.

4 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Odoobo C. Bichachi

Journalism – and journalists – have always been accused of mostly speaking at, or about people. In journalism parlance, these are simply referred to as “audiences” or “news subjects”. Journalists, however, pride themselves as a voice of the people, i.e. they speak for the people. But when do audiences, news subjects, and news witnesses get to speak back at journalists – or speak with them? Not much beyond the letters page and occasional telephone calls to radio and television shows.

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Odoobo C. Bichachi

What you need to know:The context of the Daily Monitor headline is that justice and rule of law are imperiled in the country by the passing of the Bill in the manner and spirit it was done. It is an interpretive headline, one of the many types of headlines in journalism. In journalism, a headline is one of the most critical elements of news publishing because it is what announces the story to the readers. So, a good or bad headline in many ways determines whether a story will be read or not.

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Odoobo C. Bichachi

This week’s column is dedicated to ‘READERS HAVE THEIR SAY’ and direct responses from the public editor. Odeke Julius: As an ardent reader of the Daily Monitor, I like your newspaper for its attention to issues of social injustices like land grabbing. Recently, I wasn’t disappointed after someone advised me to contact your Tororo correspondent, Omollo Joseph, about my grandmother who is 91 years old and was on the verge of losing her land to land grabbers.

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Odoobo C. Bichachi

What you need to know:Anyhow, journalists spoke out and pledged to continue reporting the truth.” On Tuesday, we marked World Press Freedom Day 2025. The event was organised by the Uganda Media Sector Working Group (UMSWG) and hosted by Makerere University’s department of Journalism and Communication. UMSWG is a multi-sector platform for journalism and media stakeholders.