ESTHER NAKKAZI CV
Email: nakkazie@yahoo.com | estanakkazi@gmail.com
Address: P.O. Box 4883 Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256-772-4919xx / +256 704-2921xx
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/esther-nakkazi-6735846/
Twitter: @Nakkazi | Skype: estanakkazi
Blog: Uganda ScieGirl (estannakkazi.blogspot.com)
HEJNU website: www.hejnu.ug

Education

Postgraduate Diploma: Journalism and Media Management, Uganda Management Institute (UMI) 2000
Bachelor of Arts (Arts) Degree: Makerere University 1997

Professional Training

Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship: University of Westminster, UK, 2020
Journalist in Residence: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 2016
Food Security Fellow: Oklahoma State University, 2011
Knight Science Journalism Fellowship: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008

Professional Experience

Freelance Science Journalist

Publications where work has appeared: The East African, SciDev.net, The Lancet, Cancer World, British Medical Journal, Harvard Public Health Magazine, Nature (Africa), Mongabay, University World News, Health Policy Watch, Undark, Global health Now, Plusnews.org and others.

PUBLICATIONS & WRITING

Contributor to "A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines" (Chapter: Reporting Local Science in the Global South).
Articles archived on Google Scholar (2017–2025).

MEMBERSHIPS & LEADERSHIP ROLES

Founder and President – Health Journalists Network Uganda (HEJNU (www.hejnu.ug)
Global TB Community Advisory Group - Member Global TB CAB -2023 todate
HIFA -X (Twitter) Channel Leader - Volunteer
Board Member – ICT Policy Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Community Advisory Board Member – Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP)
Member, Mentee and Mentor – World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)
Member – Uganda ICT Journalists Association and Uganda Science Journalists Association

HONORS & AWARDS

Tunza Watoto wa Africa Journalism Award on Children and HIV – ANPPCAN, 2007
Best Female ICT Writer – UNECA/AISI, 2006
Best Cancer Reporter Special Merit Award – European School of Oncology, 2013
35th Global Media Award for Population Reporting – Health Journalists Network in Uganda, 2015

OTHER SKILLS

Rapporteur, Media Trainer, Fixer, Moderator for conferences and meetings

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