Jan Ajwang is a Ugandan Communications Professional – with over 15 years in a career across Journalism, Public Relations, Media Development and Media Training. She is currently the team leader at Media Focus on Africa- Uganda where she oversees Media Development Projects in multimedia Production, Media Capacity Building and Media Outreach programmes in the grassroots. Through her work she has influenced and supported hundreds of journalists and several media houses to excel in their work and uphold the invaluable role of media in a budding democracy. She is an alumnus of the prestigious Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies Wales- UK; Here she attained MA in International Public Relations and Global Communications. She also holds a BA in Education Literature, English Language studies from Makerere University- Kampala. She is a certified media trainer and also teaches at Uganda Christian University School of Journalism, Media and Communication where brings in her wealth of industry experience into academia.