John Baptist Imokola is the URN news editor. Imokola has been a URN staff member since August 2015.


Imokola is an experienced journalist who has been a reporter, news anchor, and news editor, to heading a television newsroom. He has practiced journalism for 10 years. He has worked with several local television stations, including the then Uganda Television, Record TV Network - Uganda, WBS Television, and with occasional contribution to international networks.


Imokola is also a journalism trainer who has offered speeches and motivational talks to aspiring journalists, and young ones starting the profession. He has also written a couple of papers about the Ugandan media. He is currently a student of MA Journalism and Communication at Makerere University, and has a Hons Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Makerere University.