African Centre for Media Excellence
Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa
This month, ACME is publishing a series of articles based on its book, ‘Write Right Tight – Navigating Common Mistakes in News Reporting & Writing’ authored by award-winning journalist Richard M. Kavuma. This first article is based on the second chapter of the book, titled ‘On Writing Well’.
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WHAT? Training in data journalism with specific focus on data generated from Uganda’s oil, gas, and mining sectors. WHEN? Course A: Monday, 29 July—Thursday, 1 August 2019; Course B: Tuesday, …
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The last decade had seen some notable improvements in our journalism and today’s journalists are, in many ways, better trained than those before them. However a combination of structural and …
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The following paper on Media and Elections in Uganda was presented by Dr Livingstone Sewanyana, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative at the World Press Freedom Day …
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For Immediate Release 2 May 2019 Kampala The African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns the directive by Uganda Communications Commission, the broadcast regulator, to seven radio and six television …
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The African Centre for Media Excellence, with support of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, is calling for applications from journalists in Uganda interested in attending this year’s training programme on effective …
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Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence is looking for Ugandan journalists who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means.
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A select parliamentary committee constituted to investigate allegations of sexual violence in Uganda’s schools, colleges and universities has recommended strict legal measures to ensure survivors of sexual violence are protected by the media.
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