Syriacus Buguzi

About

Syriacus is a science journalist who is passionate about raising the profile of Tanzania’s scientificresearch output and innovation through mass media.He also works with local scientists and other journalists enabling them to communicate complex, jargon-laden scientific information in more accessible, understandable and engaging forms for the general public.A qualified medical doctor, he started his journalism career working as a health correspondent with The African newspaper in 2009-10, while studying medicine at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam.In 2011, he joined The Citizen, a leading national English daily, where he became a senior reporter, weekend news editor, and pioneered its weekly health magazine.A regular contributor to the science and technology news site for global development SciDev.Net, his work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Independent in the UK, and The Africa Report, an international monthly magazine.As the 2014 David Astor Journalism Award Winner from Tanzania, he was attached to The Independent for a month and The Observer/Guardian for two weeks in London. He also worked for six weeks at the Mail & Guardian in Johannesburg, with its Health Journalism Centre, Bekisisa.In 2016, he established MedicoPress, an organisation that promotes high-quality, independent medical journalism and scientific writing in Tanzania.He is a Chevening Scholar at the University of Sheffield in the UK where he obtained a Master's degree in Science Communication. Prior to that, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in mass communication from the University of Dar es Salaam.E-mail: six.buguzi@gmail.comTwitter: @buguzi