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Tangeni Amupadhi

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Tangeni Amupadhi
NationalityNamibian
EducationHarvard University, University of Maryland College Park, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupation(s)Journalist, Editor
Years active1996–present
TitleThe Namibian, Editor

Tangeni Amupadhi is a Namibian journalist. He is the editor-in-chief of The Namibian, the country's largest English daily newspaper. In 2011, he took over from founding and long-serving editor Gwen Lister, who has been in the position for 26 years.[1]

Amupadhi worked at the Namibia Press Agency, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper, and The Namibian. He is a Fulbright scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park as well as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, both in the United States. In 2004, he was part of a group which established Insight Namibia as a private media company bringing out a monthly business and current affairs magazine. He worked as the magazine's editor until 2011.[2]

In 2007, Amupadhi was runner-up in the best reporter for investigative journalism award category by the Media Institute of Southern Africa, after John Grobler.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Amupadhi new editor of The Namibian". Harvard University. 30 September 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.inamibia.co.na/news/business/item/8491-tangeni-amupadhi-editor-designate-of-the-namibian.html [dead link]
  3. ^ "Journo of the Year". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
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