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Fredrick Mugira

About Fredrick Mugira

Fredrick Mugira founded Water Journalists Africa, a non-profit media group that brings together journalists in 50 African countries to report on water-related issues. He co-founded InfoNile, a geojournalism project in the Nile Basin, and founded the Big Gorilla Story project, dedicated to conserving endangered mountain Gorillas through journalism.

A Bertha Challenge fellow, National Geographic explorer, Pulitzer Center Grantee, and editor with Uganda’s Vision Group, Fredrick has received various accolades, including the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist award and the 2020 Fetisov Journalism Award for outstanding investigative reporting.