Tangeni Amupadhi | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Namibian |
| Education | Harvard University, University of Maryland College Park, Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Editor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Title | The Namibian, Editor |
Tangeni Amupadhi is a Namibian journalist. He is the editor-in-chief of The Namibian, the country'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.[1]
Amupadhi worked at the Namibia Press Agency, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper, and The Namibian. He is a Fulbright scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park as well as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, both in the United States. In 2004, he was part of a group which established 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.[2]
In 2007, Amupadhi was runner-up in the best reporter for investigative journalism award category by the Media Institute of Southern Africa, after John Grobler.[3]