Tangeni Amupadhi is a Namibian journalist. He is the Editor-in-chief of ''
The Namibian
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'', Namibia'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.
Amupadhi worked at the
Namibia Press Agency
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, South Africa's ''
Mail & Guardian
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'' newspaper, and ''The Namibian''. He is a
Fulbright
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scholar at the
University of Maryland, College Park
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as well as a
Nieman Fellow
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Nieman Fellowships for journalists
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at
Harvard University
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, both in the U.S. In 2004, together with several people, he set up
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.
[http://www.inamibia.co.na/news/business/item/8491-tangeni-amupadhi-editor-designate-of-the-namibian.html ]
References
External links
''The Namibian''
People from Windhoek
Ovambo people
Namibian newspaper editors
Namibian newspaper journalists
Nieman Fellows
Living people
African newspaper editors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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