Training dates: Course A – 3-7 August; Course B – 7 -11 September Slots available: 15 journalists Application deadline: 26 July (Expired) The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support of the Delegation of the European Union to Uganda, invites applications from Ugandan journalists for a training course on Reporting Public Sector Accountability in Times […]
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By John Baptist Wasswa In terms of news values, drama, impact or consequence, and human interest have never occupied the print media in Uganda in such profound ways as during the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world in January 2020. In December 2019, the coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China. On 30 January 2020, the […]
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This study, conducted by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), looks at Ugandan newspaper coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing mainly on five influential publications. The study explores the attention these newspapers and a magazine paid coronavirus from 1 January to 30 April 2020, and the nature of coverage. The publications are Bukedde (a […]
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