Gerald Bareebe

Who is Gerald Bareebe?

Gerald Bareebe is a Ugandan journalist born in a rural village in western Uganda. He has worked as an investigative journalist at The Daily Monitor, Uganda's largest and most influential independent daily newspaper. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Communication with a major in Political Science from Makerere University, a Master's degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, and an Advanced Master's Degree in Governance and Development from the University of Antwerp. Before joining The Daily Monitor, Gerald worked as a Research Assistant at Makerere University.

While at Makerere University, Gerald was a news editor of the University online newspaper, The Ivory Post, a talk-show host on campus radio station and a web-manager of the journalism-students-owned weekly newspaper, The Masscom online His senior dissertation 'News and politics' which examined the media coverage of 2006 Uganda presidential election received a special recognition by Makerere University, department of Mass Communication.