Latest News & Announcements

November 28, 2025: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Invites you to an exclusive engagement titled: Truth, Trust and Worldwide Journalism Join us for a discussion with leading journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service on the critical role of media in the global context. Distinguished Guests:  # Charlie Taylor:  BBC Journalist Series Producer, BBC World Questions, Executive Producer, BBC World Service.

August  27, 2025:  1st year regular class led by the Chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nairobi Prof. Silas Oriaso during the orientation at the University Towers Room LT 102

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May 29, 2025: Greetings,

The 4th year students are planning to screen their final year projects in a film event Dubbed Vuka film festival This even will take place between Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th June 2025.
This is to invite you to the 3 day event as we experience the creative effort of our students and equally support their transition journey.

March 14, 2025:  Prof. Etse Sikanku donates his newly published book to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and is being received by Prof. Silas Odongo Oriaso.

March 13, 2025:  Prof. Etse Sikanku from the University of Media, Arts and Communication, Ghana pays a cortesy call to the Prof. Silas Odongo Oriaso Chairman, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

April 3rd, 2025: Mamba Secondary School (Kithimani Machakos County) takes a tour to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (DOJMC), University of Nairobi. They were addressed by Prof. Silas Odongo Oriaso, Chairman of the Department.

Below is the link for the photos.

March 21, 2025:  The University of Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, 805th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 129 research topics.

January 13, 2025:  Chairman of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Prof. Silas Odongo Oriaso (Left) gives a courtesy call to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Prof. Jack Ansalem Odhiambo (Right), to introduce Visiting Prof. Alejandro Carretero (middle) from Universidad da Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, as he starts his Erasmus+International Credit Mobility duties at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

January 7, 2025:  Prof. Eddah M. Mutua, (Ph.D., University of Wales, Aberystwyth) is a Professor of Intercultural Communication at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. She teaches in the area of intercultural communication.

November 20, 2024:  Dear Esteemed Member of DOJMC,