ACADEMIC JOURNEY
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- MSc Knowledge Management, 2019
- BA (Mass Communication), 2015
ACADEMIC JOURNEY
JENNIFER BAKYAWA/ JOURNALIST /WRITER, /KNOWLEDGE MANAGER
Jennifer is a Communications Consultant who trained as a knowledge manager and journalist with more than two decades of experience. She led efforts in communications, stakeholder engagement, and learning activities in Acholi, a region recovering from 20 years of civil conflict and continues to do so in Eastern Uganda. She is progressing KM communications, and health research engagement projects to improve the health outcomes in various communities of Uganda. She worked as a fixer for Canadian and American journalists and was key for visibility for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Fred Hutch building in the Uganda Cancer Institute. Jennifer has written political, gender, and health stories including some on research evidence. She has been engaged in different research communication activities such as training journalists on working scientists.
BRINGING UNTOLD STORIES INTO LIGHT
Whether from the participants in animal or plant kingdoms and the seemingly detached creations like mountains, rocks, anthills, or inventions each has a unique story. Are you interested in telling the unfolding, or reading about the creation? I love both. My work in health, gender, politics, and entertainment spans more than three decades. It has been featured in publications and online such as Uganda’s The Monitor, The New Vision, The East African, Panos London, and Inter Press Services. I told stories about the work of different development organizations, and what bearing their work has in communities where they work. This journey has connected me through fixer gigs with Canadian and American journalists who trekked to Africa to see and tell.