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CLOSED – Consultancy to conduct election reporting training needs assessment

Background African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is a Kampala-based independent, non-profit media-support organisation committed to excellence in journalism and mass communication in Africa. The organisation fulfils its mandate through refresher training for mid-career journalists; media literacy training for civil society organisations, corporate companies and others; excellence awards; provision of reporting grants; media monitoring and […]

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Tips for Investigating Covid-19 in Africa

Rowan Philp, Global Investigative Journalism Network Africa’s investigative journalists are playing a critical role in unpacking the continent’s growing coronavirus pandemic, and holding responding governments to account. Investigative stories have snapped some governments out of their early complacency on Covid-19 preparedness, while recent exposés have helped to prevent misuse of public funds on bogus treatments […]

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Telling the story of Covid-19 in Africa: A basket of ideas

Updated on May 13, 2020. This is a running list of story ideas on Covid-19. You are welcome to contribute ideas in the comments section, through ACME’s social pages or by writing to us at info@acme-ug.org. Agriculture and food  What local innovations have emerged from the agricultural community to manage supply chain disruptions? How has […]

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Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo, University of Pretoria Governments across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside the mountain of related challenges, fake news has become a source of frustration. Some are now referring to this fake news phenomenon as a ‘disinfodemic’. Purveyors of fake news are disseminating propaganda and disinformation. This has increased panic amongst […]

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Globally journalists covering Covid-19 face increasing restrictions

More than 70 percent of journalists globally have suffered restrictions, obstruction or intimidation while reporting on Covid-19, a survey conducted by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) shows. The survey of 1,308 journalists from 77 countries reveals that as a result of the pandemic, a majority of freelance journalists have lost income or work opportunities, […]

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Mail & Guardian Chief Editor and Deputy announce resignation

Mail & Guardian Editor-in-Chief, Khadija Patel and Deputy Editor, Beauregard Tromp have announced their resignation from the South African weekly Newspaper. Patel and Tromp broke the news on their social media accounts. “So, I have some news. After three and a half years as Editor in Chief of @mailandguardian I will be stepping down from […]

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193 partner organizations urge UN Secretary General to take action to secure release of jailed journalists amid COVID-19

This letter was first published by the Med. ACME is one of the 193 partner organisations that signed the letter. May 5, 2020 Secretary-General António Guterres United Nations Room NL-3019 New York, NY 10017 Sent via email Dear Mr. Secretary-General, On behalf of the #FreeThePress campaign, made up of 193 press freedom and human rights […]

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Uganda National Journalism Awards deadline extended to May 31

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has extended the deadline of submissions for the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2020. The deadline has been moved in order to give journalists more time to submit their entries in light of the travel and work restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Uganda National Journalism […]

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