The question of safety of journalists in the line of duty has returned to foreground civic discourse about the democratic credentials, or the lack thereof, of Uganda’s ongoing electioneering. This concern is not without basis, considering that Uganda is holding a “scientific” poll in which mass rallies are banned and the Electoral Commission pivots the […]
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Julie Posetti, University of Oxford; Jackie Harrison, University of Sheffield, and Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of female respondents to our survey – taken by 1210 international media workers – […]
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Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Rhodes University COVID-19 has distressed societies to the core. Among the fault lines it has exposed is the fact that gender bias remains rampant in news coverage. A recent special report – The Missing Perspectives of Women in COVID-19 News – shows that too few women experts have been quoted on the […]
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ACME invites Ugandan journalists to apply for grants to support ambitious story projects that require more than the regular newsroom facilitation to pull off. ACME will award 12 reporting grants with winning proposals receiving up to Shs1,800,000 in financial support.
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What: 2-day virtual (online) workshop on covering Uganda’s 2021 general election When: 1-2 December Who: Journalists from across Uganda who have not participated in ACME’s recent election training workshops The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support of the U.S. Mission to Uganda, invites applications from Ugandan journalists for a short course on Covering Elections. […]
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Photo by Daniel Lutaaya on Twitter For Immediate Release 13 November 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns acts of violence against journalists who are covering the ongoing election campaigns. Over the last two weeks, at least six journalists have been attacked, injured, and/or arrested as they covered 2021 election-related events. On Thursday, 12 […]
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What: Short courses on covering Uganda’s 2021 general election When: 16-18 November and 19-21 November Who: Journalists from across Uganda who have not participated in ACME’s recent election training workshops Slots available: 15 journalists per workshop, Covid-19 SOPs permitting Application deadline: 13 November, 2020 The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support of the […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has launched a programme to support editors and newsroom managers from small and medium-size media houses to strengthen their teams and build the capacity of their staff to adequately and consistently cover Uganda’s 2021 general election.
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