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Edgar R. Batte

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Kampala, Uganda
As seen in: Daily Monitor, LinkedIn, MSN, AllAfrica, The East African, Business Daily Africa, The Citizen (Tanzania), Music In Africa, HT Syndication, The Daily Monitor Newspaper, Knowledge Bylanes South Africa and
Award-winning Ugandan multimedia journalist | Travel storyteller | Photographer | Filmmaker | Documenting the people, places and ideas www.edgarbatte.com
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Edgar R. Batte’s Biography

My name is Edgar R. Batte and I have been doing journalism since my
teenage life. I started out in school where I would produce hand-written
articles for my peers in lower high school. In 2002, I got published in The Monitor, a privately-owned daily newspaper.
I have grown to become an all-round journalist but with special interest in travel, tourism and development issues. Apart from writing, I am a passionate photographer.
My works have also been published by The East African- a leading regional weekly, African Review, Music in Africa, Marimba Media, Kenya, Daily Metro, UK’s Eyecon Magazine, Rwanda’s The New Times, and UK’s ecomedia.com.
I am winner of the 2007 Golden Pen Awards in the Arts and Culture category. I have been nominated for Young Achiever’s Awards’ twice, in 2010 and in 2011. I am winner of the Afrika Divas Awards as Best Entertainment Writer of the year 2011. I have won the Monthly Kimeeza Awards at Daily Monitor as Reporter of the Month of August 2012.
I have been awarded as Best Features Writer by peers at Daily Monitor for 2012. I was chosen to cover the World Trade Organisation (WTO) conference in 2005 by Action Aid International (AAI). I was trainee of African Synergy during in February, 2011 at the Sauti Za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) Festival
I was winner for the category of ‘Sports Journalist of the Year’ in Uganda National Journalism Awards (UNJA) 2013/14 and runner up ‘Health Journalist of the Year’ for the same awards in the same year. In 2016, I was nominated/short-listed for ‘Features Journalist of the year’.
I am a graduate of Mass Communication/Journalism from Makerere University Kampala (MUK). I am currently pursuing a master’s degree in Diplomacy and International Studies at Uganda Martyrs University. Part of my hobbies include reading, traveling, making friends, photography, watching movies and attending concerts.