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ACME research & publications

Uganda’s election media coverage shifts in December, but old habits die hard

Uganda’s election media coverage shifts in December, but old habits die hard

Uganda's media kept pace with an intensifying campaign in December, ACME's latest monitoring of election coverage finds. Coverage volumes remained...

Report: How Ugandan media covers climate change

Report: How Ugandan media covers climate change

Uganda faces the impacts of climate change, including erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, flooding, mudslides, and rising temperatures. These changes are...

Wide but shallow: November report finds Uganda election media coverage lacked depth

Wide but shallow: November report finds Uganda election media coverage lacked depth

Uganda's media produced a high volume of election coverage in November 2025, but a new summary report from the African...

From the training desk

Dear ACME Mwalimu, I had the numbers in my story. Apparently that was not enough.

Dear ACME Mwalimu, I had the numbers in my story. Apparently that was not enough.

The questions in Dear ACME Mwalimu come from the hundreds of real messages and emails sent to our training desk...

Dear ACME Mwalimu, they want me to go digital but I’m barely keeping the station alive

Dear ACME Mwalimu, they want me to go digital but I’m barely keeping the station alive

The questions in Dear ACME Mwalimu come from the hundreds of real messages and emails sent to our training desk...

Journalists’ guide to crafting successful story grant proposals

Journalists’ guide to crafting successful story grant proposals

At the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), we have spent more than a decade supporting in-depth journalism through reporting...

Tips & tools

Reporting Ebola and other disease outbreaks: Tips for journalists

Reporting Ebola and other disease outbreaks: Tips for journalists

Two and a half months have passed since the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak was officially declared on 15 May 2026....

Introducing ACME’s Uganda 2025/26 presidential campaign promises tracker

Introducing ACME’s Uganda 2025/26 presidential campaign promises tracker

With the general election in Uganda just weeks away, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has rolled out introduced...

A guide for newsrooms on people-focused election coverage before polling day

A guide for newsrooms on people-focused election coverage before polling day

With just under eight weeks to polling day in Uganda, newsrooms are entering the most intense and consequential phase of...