Derrick Wandera has been appointed head of quality assurance at Next Media, Kin Kariisa, the CEO of the media group, told Bbeg Media.
Kariisa said Wandera will be charged with ensuring that editorial content at Next Media meets high standards of accuracy and consistency before reaching the public.
“Wandera is a good journalist. He will also host the media roundtable,” Kariisa said.
Wandera is expected to start on December 1.
The appointment comes as Next Media restructures its news operations. Sources say some staff could leave and new faces join.
For more than 10 years, Wandera worked as a political journalist with Daily Monitor.
In the 2020 election campaign, he covered NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, and was briefly detained by security personnel in Kalangala.
Wandera has also worked in the digital media space. He edited News 24/7, a news website started by former Next Media journalist Daniel Lutaaya. Lutaaya, who founded the platform, left NBS TV in 2022.
He is a regular guest on the NBS TV media roundtable and on Capital Gang, the political talk show of Capital Radio, which is now owned by Next Media.
Kariisa said Wandera will also be expected to write regularly for the Nile Post, Next Media’s online news outlet.
