Emma Laura Namwanje Kisa
Freelance Journalist
East Africa
Emma Laura Namwanje Kisa is a Uganda National Journalism Awards (UNJA) 2017 nominee in the Data Journalism category. She is a freelance journalist working on data and multimedia stories, and interested in fact checking.
She has trained in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals reporting with International Center For Journalists. Emma has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Investigative Journalism and a Post Graduate Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation both at Makerere University, and holds a Bachelors degree in Arts as a Communication Skills major and French minor from the same university.
She started her career in broadcast with University FM and later moved into public and audience relations with Vantage Communications Ltd followed by Fellowship of Christian Unions Uganda, before joining Ultimate Media Consult (U) Ltd as a multimedia specialist, operations manager, and General Manager. She also did administration work with Interface Consulting (U) Ltd.