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

