March 26, 2020 For immediate release After many months of preparation and consultations within the media fraternity and among industry stakeholders, the Media Council of Uganda and its partners wishe to announce the launch of the Uganda Media Sector Working Group (UMSWG) due on Tuesday 30th March at 8:30-13:30 at Skyz Hotel in Naguru, Kampala. […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in partnership with the United States Mission in Uganda invites applications for a 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 people […]
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WHAT? Deep-dive training/seminar for experienced Ugandan journalists in covering selected topics on Uganda’s oil, gas, and mining sectors. The topics include revenue management, transparency mechanisms, benefits-sharing, and regulatory oversight in petroleum and mining. To complement this, the five-day seminar will also provide short refresher sessions on investigative reporting, analysis and data-driven reporting. WHEN? 19—23 April […]
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Image by Edar from Pixabay Juliana Sutanto, Lancaster University Few industries have suffered more disruption from the internet than the news media. Over two decades or more, journalism has been hit by a “perfect storm” due to the loss of geographical monopolies that national and regional news organisations once enjoyed as well as the emergence […]
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Training dates: Part 1 – 12-16 April; Part 2 – 24-28 May Slots available: 15 journalists Application deadline: 6 April 2021 Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way we build and manage our urban spaces. — Sustainable Development Goal 11 If Uganda does not implement effective measures to improve the working and living environment […]
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Image by Muhammad Ribkhan from Pixabay H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University The problem of misinformation isn’t going away. Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter have taken some steps to curb its spread and say they are working on doing more. But no method yet introduced has been completely successful at removing all misleading […]
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Saeed Pahlevansharif, Taylor’s University; Hassam Waheed, Taylor’s University; Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash University; Navaz Naghavi, Taylor’s University, and Nicholas Gamble, Monash University Traditional and social media play an important role in disseminating scientific breakthroughs to the public. However, we as an audience, must be cautious in how we consume information from these publicly available sources. From […]
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Jacob L. Nelson, Arizona State University News organizations are trying to do a better job connecting with their audiences, in hopes of overcoming the profession’s credibility problems and ensuring its long-term survival. To do this, a growing number of newsrooms have for years embraced what’s called “audience engagement,” a loosely defined term that typically refers […]
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