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DAVIS BUYONDO
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Contributor, Freelance
Kampala
Beats
Biography
Davis Buyondo is an experienced award-winning multimedia journalist, audio producer and digital safety trainer based in Uganda (East Africa). With a Degree in Mass Communication, he largely reports on Environment, Agriculture, Health, Science, Tourism, cross-border crime, illicit finance and Human Rights issues across print, electronic/online platforms. He’s an exceptional storyteller and interviewer with over 10 years of experience and proven success in influencing social media platforms to increase public engagement. His work has been published in the New Vision newspaper / newvision.co.ug, Uganda Radio Network (News agency), Chinaafricaproject.com, Africa21.org, infonile.org, insightpostug.com, and eyewitnessug.com and some have been captured by Muck Rack. In his professional career, he has directly mentored at least 30 journalists and 20 audio producers who are employed in different media organisations. Fellowships and Opportunities -Aga Khan University-Kenya (Climate Change reporting) October - November 2022 -Fellow-African Institute for InvestigativeJournalism-AIIJ (Investigative Reporting) July 2022 -Fellow-INFONILE (Threat on Biodiversity in Lake Victoria) March 2022 -Fellow-Internews Earth Journalism Network (Investigating Wildlife Trafficking/Environmental Crime) November 2021 -Fellow- Africa21.org (Media &Journalism in Africa-Climate Change) (Oct14-27TH, 2020) -Fellow -INFONILE (Wildlife, Trafficking Reporting & Data Journalism)- May 11 –June 11, 2020 -Fellow-Thompson Reuters Foundation (Illicit Finance/Money Laundering) Johannesburg–SA (Oct. 2019) -Fellow-IWMF (African Great Lakes project) August 2017-May 2018 - Uganda -Fellow-African Center for Media Excellence (ACME) - Local Government Reporting (Sep.2017) -Fellow-World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)-Infectious Disease Coverage (October 2016) Kenya -Fellow-The BBC World Service Trust –London (2009), Programme/production, writing and reporting skills
Health, Cross Border Crime , Agriculture, Tourism, Science , Environment
Animal Cruelty
Content
Company Info
Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States