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New journalism fellowship on parliament and legislative affairs

The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) invites applications for its second journalism fellowship in the Enhanced Media Reporting for Transparency and Accountability programme. This fellowship, on parliament, legislative affairs and government oversight, is designed to give promising Ugandan journalists the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to deepen their coverage of important, but under-reported […]

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Apply now for ACME’s new journalism fellowship on parliament and legislative affairs

The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) invites applications for its second journalism fellowship in the Enhanced Media Reporting for Transparency and Accountability programme. This fellowship, on parliament, legislative affairs and government oversight, is designed to give promising Ugandan journalists the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to deepen their coverage of important, but under-reported […]

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New data journalism training course at ACME

This August, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) will launch its data journalism training programme for 12 Ugandan journalists. The training is a three-day introduction to the science and art of using data to report in-depth stories with potential to generate national debate and a demand by the public for action from relevant authorities. […]

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Oil and gas training opportunity for alternative media, citizen journalists and broadcast producers

WHAT? Training for bloggers, alternative media producers, online journalists, TV/radio producers on oil and gas. WHEN? Tuesday 19-Wednesday 20 August 2014 WHERE? African Centre for Media Excellence in Kampala SPEAKERS: Experts from PEPD, oil companies, service providers, donor agencies, civil society   WHY? Good governance of oil, gas and mining (extractive) resources and revenues requires effective oversight. A […]

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FEMRITE to host the first regional non-fiction writing workshop for women

PRESS RELEASE KAMPALA, UGANDA – From 21st to 31st of July 2014, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in collaboration with Uganda Women Writers Association (Femrite), will host the first ever regional non-fiction workshop for African women writers. This workshop is aimed at strengthening the skills of African women to tell compelling social change stories. 21 women from […]

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Job opportunity at ACME – Finance and Grants Manager

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) invites applications from qualified candidates for the position of Finance and Grants Manager. This a full-time position initially on a three-year contract. The pay is competitive. Accountability The Finance and Grants Manager will report to the centre’s Executive Director. The role The holder of the position will work with […]

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Are our newspapers following the times?

On Wednesday, 9 July, most of the world’s newspapers covered Brazil’s humiliating 1-7 loss to Germany in the first World Cup 2014 semi-final prominently. Not our newspapers. They had moved on (or so, you would think) to the second semi-final game that would feature Argentina and Holland later that evening. Then on Thursday morning, after […]

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