Page 6 - Chief Sub Editor News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Daily Monitor Summary Mr Allan Chekwech and Mr Robert Madoi will co-head the Production Desk, which will pool all producers and news sub-editors in order to centrally repurpose content for different platforms. Advertisement Mr Tabu Butagira has been appointed Managing Editor of Nation Media Group Uganda (NMG-U) as part of a re-organisation of the company’s editorial department. Mr Butagira will in the new role oversee the day-to-day editorial operations of all NMG-U platforms, including Daily Monitor newspaper, NTV Uganda, Spark TV, and KFM, among others. In a communication announcing the c...

This talent apparently runs in the family, as his younger brother, Robert Otani, got out of Ochieng’s shadow to stand his own ground as a sub-editor. Paraphrasing Wole Soyinka, Ochieng would proudly declare that a pengler cannot pengle his penglitude. He sometimes called himself Pengele. He appreciated talent and was respectful. Ironically, he was a soft-spoken gentleman behind the hard-hitting articles that many remember vividly. As impeccable as his writing was, Ochieng was also a sharp dresser. He wore expensive three-piece suits. The waistcoat was ubiquitous when he was in the office. T...

Meticulous wordsmith Philip Ochieng’s alluring legacy Khakhudu Agunda Philip Ochieng, the veteran journalist, who died on Tuesday evening, was a meticulous professional. He had an amazing grasp of the English language and enjoyed getting to the roots and origins of English words in French, German, Latin and even Dholuo. He was obsessed with the dissemination of knowledge, drawing from the rich classical times to the present. This talent apparently runs in the family, as his younger brother, Robert Otani, got out of Ochieng’s shadow to stand his own ground as a sub-editor....

The Late Philip Ochieng: From US College Dropout to Top Kenyan Journalist The late Standard and Nation columnist Philip Ochieng File Philip Ochieng - a veteran editor, columnist and author - passed away on Tuesday, April 27 while undergoing treatment at the Ombo Mission Hospital in Migori County.  The 83-year-old's death was announced by his family who divulged that he succumbed to pneumonia.  Ochieng, a renowned journalist served as a columnist and editor for the Nation Media Group and was once a columnist for the Standard.  The Fifth Columnist and File Ochieng' rose to the top despite ...

The disappearance of 33-year-old Sarah Everard has struck close to home for so many, bringing to the surface fears about what it is to be a woman.