Emily Maractho also known as Maractho Emily Comfort is the Lecturer of Journalism and Media Studies at Uganda Christian University.
She was awarded the "Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship" in 2015.
The goal was to study Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal on media, women and public life in Uganda: Interrogating representation, interaction and engagement.
[1] She leads faculty of journalism, media and communication.
[4] She is the Vice chairperson of UMWA (Uganda Media Women's Association) [clarification needed][5] During her panel discussion in 2019, she urged the need for media companies to do more mentoring of interns and to create a more peaceful environment for them so as to encourage them to stay on after training.