WHAT? Training in data journalism with specific focus on data generated from Uganda’s oil, gas, and mining sectors. WHEN? Course A: Monday, 29 July—Thursday, 1 August 2019; Course B: Tuesday, 1-4 October 2019. WHERE? African Centre for Media Excellence, Kampala. WHO? Reporters who have already undergone training at ACME on effective coverage of oil, gas, […]
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Idi Amin at a press conference in Jjaja Marina, Uganda in July 1975. Courtesy of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, Author provided Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan and Richard Vokes, University of Western Australia In 2015, researchers working in the storeroom at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation forced open the lock on an unremarkable filing cabinet. […]
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The last decade had seen some notable improvements in our journalism and today’s journalists are, in many ways, better trained than those before them. However a combination of structural and professional challenges continued to impede the potential of Ugandan or even the region’s media to inform and engage the public on the critical issues of […]
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Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash. Jared Obuya, Moi University In Kenya, there’s growing debate about media accountability – that the media should act in the interests of the public good, and that it’s accurate, free and fair. Most of the debate has focused on the lack of quality journalism and a decline in journalistic ethics. […]
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Photo by unsplash-logoBenjamin Dada Jennifer Ellen Good, Brock University From fictitious organizations posting polarizing messages on Facebook to robustly researched news stories being labelled “fake,” the pervasive power and importance of the media are clear. And yet what is most concerning is not that fictitious stories are being shared as “real” and well-researched stories are […]
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