Fredrick Mugira

CONGO BASIN RJF GRANTEE

Rainforest
Journalism Fund
Congo Basin

Fredrick Mugira is a Ugandan multiple award-winning water and climate change journalist, media trainer and development communication specialist with over 10 years of wide-ranging experience.

He has reported from various countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and USA. Fredrick has won various continental and national journalism awards including: the prestigious CNN/Multichoice African Journalist award; the UN Development Journalism Award; the 2018 and 2015 Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) fellowships. He was also shortlisted for the Energy/Water journalism Lifetime Achievement award at the Africa Utility awards 2018.

He heads Water Journalists Africa, a network of over 700 journalists in 50 African countries who report on water. He cofounded InfoNile, a geojournalism platform mapping data on water issues in the Nile River basin with journalism stories to promote transboundary peace. Fredrick has a Master's Degree in Communication for Development, a PGD in Environmental Journalism and Communication and BA Mass Communication. He currently works as an Editor with Uganda's leading multimedia house—Vision Group.

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