Programmes
The African Centre for Media Excellence, with support from Hivos, announces the launch of the Uganda National Journalism Awards. The goal of the awards scheme is to improve the quality of journalism in Uganda by inspiring and recognising excellence in reporting on public affairs issues. The awards are open to…
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) conducts and disseminates research on media performance and practice, media policy and regulation, and other contemporary issues in journalism and communication.We also welcome collaboration with individuals and organizations interested in research on the intersection of the media, governance, and society in Africa.For more…
At the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) we believe that journalism and the news media are an ‘indispensable civic resource’ whose condition impacts on the health of society. We also believe that free and independent media are among the most important institutions in a democracy. They are as important…
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) offers specialiased short training courses for practicing journalists.We also host public lectures, conferences, roundtable discussions and dialogues that highlight key issues around the intersection of journalism, media, communication, and public policy. Focal Areas: ICT, New Media and Society Media, Peace and Conflict Media…
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) monitors media performance in the East African region with the aim of stimulating public debate on journalism and contemporary issues in media and public communication. Key issues include journalism quality, professionalism and ethical standards, media independence, media ownership, as well as pluralism and…
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) runs a Grant for Investigative Journalism in Uganda.The central aim of this Grant is to ensure that high quality investigative stories appear in the Ugandan media more regularly. The Grant Fund targets individual journalists, selected through a competitive process, to pursue promising ideas…
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) runs a media literacy training project aimed at helping public officials, members of civil society, the political class, business people, as well as high school leavers improve their skills in engaging with the media.We believe that media literacy empowers members of the public…
