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Sharon Muzaki
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Environmental & Science Journalist | Inaugural Africa and Middle East Fellow | Research Fellow, KSJ Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024/2025) | Founder, Great Lakes Centre for Climate & Tech.
Email:muzakisharon977@gmail.com
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From experience, this is exactly the kind of opportunity any science journalist needs. Go ahead and apply for @ksjatmit.bsky.social. When the fellowship ends, we shall be speaking the same language.
Applications are open now! Apply by Jan 9
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‘More Than an Accolade’: Sharon Muzaki Reflects on a Life-Changing Fellowship - Knight Science Journalism @MIT
The Ugandan journalist was KSJ’s inaugural Africa and Middle East Fellow, an honor she viewed as both a privilege and “a call to action.”
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In Mityana 🇺🇬, youth are redefining coffee growing using climate-smart farming - improving yields, restoring soil & protecting trees.

Through @TeamUpUG, over 5,500 youth are gaining hands-on skills & planting disease-resistant varieties sustainably.

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#coffeefarming
How Uganda’s Youth Coffee Growers Are Planting a Greener and Stronger Future - InfoNile
On a warm morning in Kiggwa village, in the central Ugandan district of Mityana, 31-year-old Herbert Ssekyanzi stands next to a young coffee tree. The smell
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December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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From experience, this is exactly the kind of opportunity any science journalist needs. Go ahead and apply for @ksjatmit.bsky.social. When the fellowship ends, we shall be speaking the same language.
Applications are open now! Apply by Jan 9
ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/11...
‘More Than an Accolade’: Sharon Muzaki Reflects on a Life-Changing Fellowship - Knight Science Journalism @MIT
The Ugandan journalist was KSJ’s inaugural Africa and Middle East Fellow, an honor she viewed as both a privilege and “a call to action.”
ksj.mit.edu
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Day Three at UNEA 7! Huge thanks to GRID-Arendal for making it possible to connect with the people shaping global environmental decisions. The access, insights, and conversations have been eye-opening and truly meaningful.

#unea7 #environment #climateaction #biodiversity #sustainability #journalism
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I haven’t found every @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellow here at #WCSJ25 but here’s a start. Rosalia Omungo, Fabio Turone, and our inaugural Africa/Middle East fellow @sharonmuzaki.bsky.social
Attendees of WCSJ25 posing
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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“If I’m not getting attacked…I would have felt I failed.” @charlespiller.bsky.social at #WCSJ25 on how his work exposing fraud in Alzheimer’s research was attacked and called misinformation and how he responded. “Ignoring scientific misconduct invites public distrust.”
Journalist Charles Piller speaking at podium at WCSJ conference in Pretoria.
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Former sickle cell patient Victoria Gray was joined by science journalist and NPF alum Bijal Trivedi on a trip that would've been unthinkable before CRISPR gene therapy: a Colorado mountain hike. https://nationalpress.org/topic/from-agony-to-advocacy-victoria-grays-post-crispr-journey/
From Agony to Advocacy: Victoria Gray's Post-CRISPR Journey - National Press Foundation
Victoria Gray's sickle cell pain is a memory thanks to CRISPR gene therapy. She and NPF alum journalist Bijal Trivedi answer questions.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Monday, December 1, 2025, marked the official launch of the 13th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.

#wcsj2025 #pretoria #southafrica #sciencejournalism
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I had the opportunity to attend the Science Journalism Forum 2025.

Thank you to the SJF team for organising such a meaningful forum and for my certificate of attendance, which I’ll truly cherish.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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We're proud to be a sponsor of the World Conference of Science Journalists. Communities all around the globe benefit when science journalists gather to learn from one another.

Can't make it to South Africa? Online access is still available. 
https://www.wcsj2025.org/
Logos of 25 sponsors of the World Conference of Science Journalists
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Flying from Europe to the #WCSJ2025, Pretoria?
Land at O.R. Tambo Airport, 30 min by Gautrain to the venue.

💸 Save with Kenya Airways code WCSJ25 + 10% off transfers.
🎟 Join global peers, 1–5 Dec 2025.
🔗 zurl.co/FQEaB

@wcsj2025.bsky.social @wfsj25.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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James Levine, President, Fondation Ipsen, speaks during his presentation to journalists at the 2025 National Press Foundation Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship, emphasizing the vital role of journalism in driving awareness for the rare disease community.
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#rarediseases
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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✈️ Meet the six journalists attending #WCSJ2025 with the support of #ABSW
🔗zurl.co/fvqMR

🇺🇬 Uganda @DianaTaremwaK @DavisBuyondo @sharonmuzaki.bsky.social
🇬🇧 UK @DrYemisiBokinni @pauladepoju.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social

@wcsj2025.bsky.social South Africa, 1-5 Dec
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I’m excited to share that I have been selected among 62 journalists worldwide for the 2025 National Press Foundation Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship, courtesy of @nationalpress.bsky.social.

I look forward to learning and the projects ahead!

#HealthReporting

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NPF Selects More Than 60 International Journalists for 2025 Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship - National Press Foundation
Congratulations to the more than 60 journalists selected worldwide to participate in the National Press Foundation's 2025 Rare Disease Reporting Fellowship, Nov. 17-21!
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October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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In my latest story for Nature Africa, I highlight how AVA is equipping African researchers with the technical and regulatory skills to design, test, and manufacture homegrown vaccines, advancing the goal of producing 60% of Africa’s vaccines by 2040.

www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Building Africa’s next generation of vaccine scientists
Through virtual simulations and practical training, a Nigeria-based initiative is equipping African researchers with the skills to design, test, and manufacture the continent’s own vaccines.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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It's not too late to tune in for the conversation with KSJ associate director @ashleythesmart.bsky.social and KSJ alum @kakape.bsky.social this Thursday. Tickets are still available for virtual access to #SFJ2025

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Truth Decay: Science Journalism in the Misinformation Age - Science Journalism Forum
Society is awash in misinformation and disinformation about science, with significant implications for policy, personal decision-making, and the future of the global scientific enterprise. In this ses...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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In my latest story for Nature Africa, I highlight how AVA is equipping African researchers with the technical and regulatory skills to design, test, and manufacture homegrown vaccines, advancing the goal of producing 60% of Africa’s vaccines by 2040.

www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Building Africa’s next generation of vaccine scientists
Through virtual simulations and practical training, a Nigeria-based initiative is equipping African researchers with the skills to design, test, and manufacture the continent’s own vaccines.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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#ptg2025 is already in full swing, with engaging debates and inspiring speakers sharing insights on some of the most pressing issues in sport and society

Take a look at the moments we’ve captured so far from the first two days 👇
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📸: Thomas Søndergaard
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Amazing to hear Abdullah Ibais speak in person as a free man after spending years in a Qatari prison for refusing to lie about striking workers, while working on the World Cup.

“FIFA did nothing at all… They ghosted me”

A brave, humble and free man.

#playthegame #ptg2025
October 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I am currently at the Play the Game conference in Finland.

#ptg2025 #sports #climateaction #sustainability
Meet the speakers: Corporate greenwashing in Ugandan sport is a new trend
Environmental and science journalist Sharon Muzaki joins Play the Game 2025 to speak about the tension between genuine environmental initiatives and corporate greenwashing in Ugandan sports.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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I’m honored to be part of #ptg2025, where I’ll share insights on how genuine green initiatives in Ugandan sport are being challenged by rising corporate greenwashing.

Sport can drive real climate action but only if sustainability goes beyond PR.

Read more here 👇
🔗 lnkd.in/dMJDJdt4.

#Sports
October 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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@ksjatmit.bsky.social. Forever grateful.
Sharon Muzaki - Knight Science Journalism @MIT
Sharon Muzaki is an environmental and science journalist covering the intersection of science, climate change, and environmental issues. She holds a degree in Journalism and Communication from Makerer...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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A Review in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology discusses how diet shapes the gut #microbiome, the role of diet–microbiome interactions on the immune, nervous and cardiometabolic systems, and implications for dietary guidelines and precision nutrition. go.nature.com/41F8baD #medsky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows the dietary orchestration of gut barrier and immunity is linked to the microbiome.
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/d44...

“This vaccine is a game-changer, and together, we must ensure that every child receives it.” — Kasonde Mwinga, WHO Representative to Uganda

By Sharon Muzaki;
#NatureAfrica #AfricanScience #ScienceNews
Africa launches historic malaria vaccine rollout amid funding uncertainty
As life-saving immunisation campaigns push ahead, health leaders call for local ownership and global solidarity after US funding cuts to Gavi.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A paper in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the brain detects when a potential source of infection enters the immediate surroundings and prepares the body’s immune defenses. This may occur even before physical contact is made, in a virtual reality environment. go.nature.com/45cCSF7 #medsky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows early detection of infectious avatars by the PPS system.
July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM