Curriculum Vitae - Joseph Davis Weddi | February 2020
Joseph Davis Weddi
Media & Communications Specialist
I currently lead a wonderful Digital Production implementation at SciDev.net in
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. Until December 2016, I was commissioning,
editing, sub-editing, reporting and writing news, features, and analysis articles and
taking photos for web and print at the CIO East Africa in Nairobi, where we also
organised and hosted regular conferences and training workshops for CxOs in the IT
and related sector. Before that, I was Africa editor at Dubai-based B2B publication Channel Post MEA. I have also previously been Communications Officer at two Open
Society Initiative East Africa and at the Nile Basin Discourse, covering more than 10
African countries. Before all that I was Online Editor at Ugandas leading Daily - The
New Vision. With an IT Degree, I also have a Global Journalism qualification,
Photography and Photojournalism Diplomas, Business writing Certificate and other
Journalism and communications training qualifications. KEY: Media knowledge
sharing, Content Management, Journalism, Photography, Writing feature Articles and
speeches, Multimedia Production, SMS Copywriting, Social Media Communications
and Advocacy, Communication Strategies and Digital Communications. ADDRESS:
23 Barley Close OX10 9BX Wallingford, Oxfordshire UK
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25th of June 1971
WORK EXPERIENCE
2017 - Present
2 YEARS, 7 MONTHS
Digital Producer - SciDev
CABI (www.cabi.org)
Digital Production and media lead
- Digital production: Responsible for online layout of articles and appropriate image
selection; Creation of data visualisation tools such as interactive graphics and maps;
Proofreading of articles and editing where required
- Digital, user and social media engagement: Support digital strategy, including SEO,
keywords, and topic metadata; Support and integrate social media strategy into web
and digital product pages and supporting paid social media output delivery and user
engagement; Analytics monitoring;
- Production planning, communication, and workflows Supporting efficient and
consistent regional production delivery through monitoring and
- People and training management: Providing production leadership to regional
coordinators and editorial stakeholders, including training, regular communications,
training, knowledge-sharing, and monitoring of tasks and providing feedback where
appropriate.
* Tools: Adobe CS, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Dynamics, PresideCMS, Wordpress,
SocMed tools - Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, buffer, WhatsApp (personal and
business), Comms tools- Zoom, Slack, Microsoft outlook, teachable, Zapier
(intergrations), dotdigital (dotmailer), mailgun, YouTube,
Curriculum Vitae - Joseph Davis Weddi | February 2020
2015 - 2016
1 YEAR, 3 MONTHS
2014 - 2015
11 MONTHS
2014 - 2016
2 YEARS, 9 MONTHS
2011 - 2012
1 YEAR
Editor
CIO East Africa (www.cio.co.ke)
Editing the B2B CIO publications and leading a team of journalists in Kenya, Uganda
and Tanzania, Rwanda (East Africa)
CIO Magaizine, CIO website - www.cio.co.ke, CIO social media accounts on
Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn
Planning for CIO events and their media coverage and social media strategies
High quality content creation using interviews, podcasts, webinars, infographics
Photography and Photo Editing for Magazine, Website and Social media accounts
Sub-editing and checking of all the written content before publishing, ensuring the
correct grammar, spelling, house style and tone
Conducting Business and Personality Interviews for CIO Monthly Magazine and CIO
TV
Making contact with CIO news sources and fact-checking all news
Monitoring emerging trends through data analytics for possible commercial
opportunities
Writing News and Features for CIO East Africa publications
Developing content strategies for CIO East Africa events
Attending CIO conferences and workshops
Editor for Africa
Channel Post Middle East & Africa
Sourcing, Editing and writing news for Channel Post MEA in Africa and in UAE
CopyWriter - Mobile (Part-Time)
Upstream Systems (Greece)
Content creation for Mobile campaign
MTN Uganda Campaign on Maths and French
Subscriptions and UnSubscriptions management
Communications Officer
Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
. Advised management on Press & Media (Including Social Media), Communications
and Publications Strategies for the Open Society in East Africa and its grantees
. Produced organization online & print publications in cooperation with program staff
including one annual magazine and two newsletters annually
. Updated and maintained OSIEA website and intranet and produced short video
documentaries showcasing organizational work, social media advocacy work and
knowledge sharing
. Organized Press Events, maintained media contact lists and liaised with key
journalists to keep them informed of organization activities
. Promoted inter-office communication through intranet - news updates and regular
meetings, while training others on key media issues
. Countries covered in this position: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, and Southern
Sudan
Curriculum Vitae - Joseph Davis Weddi | February 2020
2010 - 2011
1 YEAR, 3 MONTHS
2004 - 2010
6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS
1996 - 2002
6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS
Communications Officer
Nile Basin Discourse
. Managed communication activities for the 10-nations (transboundary) CSO
. Organized Press conferences, Wrote Press releases and speeches, Monitored
Media reports on issues about the Nile Basin and reported accordingly
. Developed & implemented communication strategy and Knowledge management
activity across Nile Basin Discourse countries
. Redesigned and maintained NBD Website with up-to-date information and
knowledge sharing capabilitie
. Sourced for articles, Designed, Edited and disseminated monthly NBD print and eNewsletter to all the NBD members and donor community
. Documented Nile Basin Discourse Forums using video, photography, audio availed
documentaries for TV, radio and online communities using social media platforms
. Countries covered in this position: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Egypt, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and Southern Sudan
Internet Editor
The New Vision (Uganda)
.Editor for all content uploaded to all The New Vision (newspapers) 12 websites
. Webmaster for The New Vision (newspapers) 12 websites
. Worked with and Supervised a team to update website content
. Managed and monitored all online discussion forums
. Designed and uploaded new content including audio and video
. Maintaining a digital photo library, developing/deploying photo-galleries
. Coordinated with marketing department on platform popularization;
. Developed media convergence and drove interactivity on all the New Vision websites
including on local language sections using: SMS (mobile), social media (FaceBook,
Twitter)
. Developed and help drive interaction on the Mobile platform 8338 by frequently
updating various keywords for Radio, Sports, News and Features departments.
. Optimized photographic materials to ensure concurrency with in-house style and
also design interactive photo slide shows.
. Used web analytics to study website user statistics and advise the editorial
committee accordingly and to identify new revenue streams
. Shared knowledge with editorial staff on Enterprise Content Management Systems
. Writing news articles and features on any topical issues especially on developments
in the ICT industry
Journalist/Photojournalist
The New Vision (Uganda)
News Writing, Reporting and Photojournalism on the News Desk and Business News
Desk.
EDUCATION
2017 - 2017
1 MONTH
2006 - 2009
3 YEARS
Diploma in Photography
The Shaw Academy (Ireland)
This course is accredited by the CPD Certification Service, which is an independent
body that ensures qualifications are in line with the most current professional
standards.
Bachelor of IT
Islamic University in Uganda
Information Technology degree
Curriculum Vitae - Joseph Davis Weddi | February 2020
Global electronic Journalism
2003 - 2003
6 MONTHS
Stockholms Universitet
This was a certification course based on European ECTs for grading where I got the
20 Swedish points in the course at JMK Stockholm University.
Photo Journalism
2000 - 2000
3 MONTHS
International Institute of Journalism - Berlin Germany
A very strict photography journalism course.
Writing Business News
1999 - 1999
2 MONTHS
Reuters Newsroom, Rhodes University
How to write Business News
Investigative Journalism
1998 - 1998
2 MONTHS
Uganda Management Institute / World Bank sponsorship
Investigative Journalism course sponsored by the World Bank. Thorough knowledge
on investigative journalism practices for developing countries.
Journalism and Media Studies
1993 - 1994
1 YEAR, 8 MONTHS
Uganda Institute of Business and Media Studies
SKILLS
Content management
Corporate communications
Database administration
Digital content development and editing (social media, blogs, etc.)
Internal communication
Journalism
Office tools (MS office, open office, etc.)
Print production
Multimedia
Troubleshooting
Windows
LANGUAGE SKILLS
French
Arabic
Swahili
English
SPOKEN: BASIC
WRITTEN: BASIC
SPOKEN: NONE
WRITTEN: BASIC
SPOKEN: BASIC
WRITTEN: BASIC
SPOKEN: FLUENT
WRITTEN: FLUENT
HOBBIES
Bird watching
Excercise
Watching news
Writing
Stakeholder communication
Visual communication
Written communication
Print layout and design
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Social media marketing
User experience (UX and UI) design
WordPress
Press relations
Public Relations
Social media community management (admin)
HTML
News writing and production
Presentation skills
Project implementation
Film and video production
Web Analytics
Storytelling
Web servers
Curriculum Vitae - Joseph Davis Weddi | February 2020
ASSOCIATIONS
National Union of Journalists (NUJ), United Kingdom
Public Relations Association of Uganda
MEMBER
ONLINE MEMBER
The African Editors Forum (TAEF)
Uganda Journalists Association
MEMBER
MEMBER
Uganda Journalists Safety Committee
MEMBER / FORMER PRESDIENT
