African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has released the first-ever national journalists’ survey report. This inaugural paints a portrait of a typical Ugandan journalist. The survey suggests that the typical Ugandan journalist is male, below 35 years, has less than 10 years of experience on the job, isn’t specialised in covering one or two beats, […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has announced the winners of this year’s Uganda National Journalism Awards at a colourful cocktail party held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. The awards, organised by ACME since 2014, celebrate and promote exceptional, in-depth and enterprising journalism that informs public debate and holds the powerful to account. They are […]
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Training dates: Course A – 17-21 January, 2022; Course B – 28 February-4 March, 2022 Slots available: 15 journalists Application deadline: 7 January, 2022 Application link here 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. […]
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The East African Regional Media Advocacy Strategy 2021-2022 was developed by the African Centre for Media Excellence in consultation with media houses, academicians, activists and journalists in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda. Published with the support of the Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA), the strategy lays out actions to combat the […]
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Judiciary Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana has won a defamation case in civil court against Monitor Publications Limited (MPL), publishers of Daily Monitor and its weekend editions. The High Court in Kampala ruled that Mr Bigirimana should be paid Shs450 million at an interest rate of 10% from the date of judgement to the date of […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in partnership with Internews and with support from USAID has organised a training on Internet Freedoms for CSOs, media and lawyers in Uganda. The training will help the participants understand what internet freedom entails and how it compares to, or affects the wider offline freedoms most citizens are familiar […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to announce a shortlist of finalists of the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2021. The awards, organised by ACME since 2014, celebrate and promote exceptional, in-depth and enterprising journalism that informs public debate and holds the powerful to account. They are open to all journalists working for media […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in partnership with the United States Mission in Uganda invites applications for an online course on reporting health and HIV/AIDS. This course – Entrenching Knowledge-Based Health Journalism in Uganda – seeks to improve the media’s capacity to offer quality coverage of the health sector that informs and empowers ordinary […]
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