By Denise-Marie Ordway This article was originally published on Journalist’s Resource on April 2, 2020. As a new coronavirus spreads across continents, numerous biomedical researchers have turned their focus to the pandemic and its impacts. Online publishing platforms are helping them share what they’ve learned quickly so medical professionals, government leaders and others can respond […]
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On 8 April 2020, Dr Peter Mwesige, ACME’s executive director, spoke with NTV’s Josephine Karungi on journalists’ safety while covering Uganda’s enforcement of measures to fight COVID-19 and related issues. The interview came in the wake of ACME’s issuance of a statement condemning the assault on several journalists by security services since Uganda declared a […]
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This statement was issued by the ACHPR on April 8, 2020. More more information, visit the Commission’s website. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), acting through the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (the Special Rapporteur), Commissioner Lawrence Mute, expresses concern on internet shutdowns amid […]
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For Immediate Release 6 April 2020 Kampala African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) welcomes the government’s directive to Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to institute measures that will allow up-country journalists to move around and do their work during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to ICT and National Guidance Minister Judith Nabakooba, the journalists will have to […]
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By Teresa Nannozi It is hard to think about much when it appears as if everything is irrelevant in the face of COVID-19, a pandemic that has brought the fear of imminent death to our doorsteps. But it is a relief that journalism in Uganda has been preserved from the lockdown as an essential service […]
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Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California Over the past few weeks, misinformation about the new coronavirus pandemic has been spreading across social media at an alarming rate. One video that went viral claimed breathing hot air from a hair dryer could treat COVID-19. A Twitter post touted injecting vitamin C to the bloodstream to treat […]
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