Alternative media giving space to diverse voices
The African Centre for Media Excellence is profiling young Ugandans who have created and are giving platforms to writers to showcase their creative work through various literary initiatives. Today, we profile Sophie B Alal, an award winning poet and writer. Sophie founded Deyu African, a ‘digital repository of traditional knowledge and contemporary culture’ in 2012. The online […]
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Three Radio Pacis journalists honored at the 2015 Uganda National Journalism Awards gala
Article from RadioPacis.org. Three Radio Pacis journalists were recognized for exceptional news reporting at the 2015 Uganda National Journalism Awards festival held in Kampala. Hafiz Bakhit was the overall winner in the category of Sports reporting while Annet Lekuru was first runner up in the Justice, Law and Order category. Emmanuel Ojok received an honorary […]
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Uganda National Journalism Awards 2015 winners heralded for exemplary reporting
Journalists and the media as a whole, in any democratic society, play a critical role in holding, receiving and imparting all forms of opinion, ideas and information. Therefore, the importance of recognising and inspiring those gallant men and women who devote their time, energy and effort to excel in this profession cannot be overemphasized. – […]
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Judiciary committed to jealously guarding the right to freedom of speech – Chief Justice Bart Katureebe
This is the speech by the honourable Chief Justice of Uganda, His Lordship Bart Katureebe, made at the Uganda National Journalism Awards gala held on 8 April 2015 in Kampala. The Chairperson Board of Directors African Centre for Media Excellence, The Executive Director African Centre for Media Excellence, The Chief Judge Uganda National Journalism […]
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Weinfomers shines at the 2nd Uganda National Journalism Awards
This article was first published on Weinformers.net. Though none of the writers of the stories published on weinformers.net came out as the outright winner of the 2nd Uganda National Journalism Award, we are pleased to report that two of our writers John Isingoma and Antonio Kisembo were 1st runners up in the categories in which […]
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