Image by vishnu vijayan from Pixabay BACKGROUND The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is undertaking a research project to monitor media coverage of the 2021 General Elections. The purpose of the project is to assess the nature of media coverage of the 2021 elections, document whether media coverage contributes to a free and fair electoral process, and […]
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By Gilbert Sendugwa As we commemorate the first International Day for Universal Access to Information today, September 28, 2020, I reflect back to 2010 when Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) and its African Platform on Access to Information Partners started a campaign for such a day. We were inspired to start the campaign because […]
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Kamyar Razavi, Simon Fraser University One of the most important functions of journalism in a democratic society is to act as a watchdog — to call out abuses of power or wrongdoing. Journalism builds on the standard of the watchdog function — or, what’s described in the 2009 book Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism […]
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Dates: Monday, 12 October – Friday, 06 November 2020 Location: Online New deadline for applications: 08 October 2020 We are accepting applications on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible. Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence is looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand […]
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This is the third part of our series looking at the key issues journalists should pay attention to while covering Uganda’s forthcoming election. In our previous issues, we have tackled issues concerning voters’ rights as well as candidates and political parties. Today we sum it up with the electoral process as a whole. In particular, […]
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Image from Makerere University Twitter account This article has been inspired by a call from a veteran journalist and media trainer, John Baptist Wasswa to a WhatsApp group of former students of Journalism and Mass Communication at Makerere University who had spent several hours mourning the destruction at the main building. He said: “Well well […]
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Uganda’s 2021 general election campaign season is gaining momentum. The National Resistance Movement (NRM), Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and other parties have already completed their primary elections for members of parliament, LC5 chairpersons and mayors. These elections have not ended well for some incumbents and ministers, and in some areas were characterised by violence. […]
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Photo by Katumba Badru On several occasions, I have stood before journalists, partners, government officials, civil society representatives and members of the public to speak about the important role that ACME and the media play in our society. ACME’s major goal: to make the media more effective in their roles of information on public affairs, […]
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