African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has organised a virtual dialogue to commemorate the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. The event scheduled to take place on 2 November 2021, is organised under the theme; “Combating impunity, enhancing freed and independent media in Uganda.” ACME will also release its 2020 report on […]
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Deadline Extended to Monday 29 November 2021 Project title: Enhancing Media Capacity for Inclusive Development Purpose: To organise and co-train journalists in Kenya and Tanzania on investigative journalism, and covering land and natural resources, devolution and public accountability. Duration: December 2021—May 2022 Location: Kenya, Tanzania Supervision: Training Coordinator, African Centre for […]
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Location Fellowship dates Application deadline Mbale 22-26 November 2021 12 November 2021 Lira 13-17 December 2021 29 November 2021 Participation open to journalists from the mid-north sub-region, Karamoja and eastern Uganda. Available slots: 15 per location The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) with support from the Delegation of the European Union to Uganda, invites […]
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By Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist’s Resource This tip sheet was updated on Oct. 19 to include information about the World Health Organization’s views on boosters as a health equity issue. Uncertainty and change have been two common themes of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent confusion and controversy surrounding vaccine boosters — including the […]
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Ika Krismantari, The Conversation Research and studies around the world have described the career journey of female journalists in two metaphors: glass ceiling and labyrinth. These metaphors suggest women’s career prospects in journalism are bleak as they face various challenges not only from society but also the media organisations they work for. The glass ceiling […]
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Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia Thirty-two years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then heralded as a triumph of Western democratic liberalism and even “the end of history.” But democracy isn’t doing so well across the globe now. Nothing underscores how far we have […]
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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 in Uganda. 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 […]
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The Uganda: Civic Space Index, 2021 provides a snapshot of the state of civic space in Uganda, especially in as far as it impacts on the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBO). The findings are based on the lived experiences and perceptions of the respondents who majorly […]
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