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Paying for reliable information. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Media analysis / News

Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information

February 3, 2022 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Rhodes University Journalism globally faces a sustainability crisis. It largely stems from declining advertising revenue, loss of revenue to technology giants, control of news media by political …

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BBC licence fee – could scrapping it be the end of public service broadcasting in the UK?

January 28, 2022April 7, 2022 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Jamie Medhurst, Aberystwyth University UK culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, recently announced that the BBC’s licence fee is to be frozen for two years and that a new funding mechanism for …

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Ugandan Author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija released on bail. Courtesy Photo
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Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija granted bail

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

By Judith Kukunda | URN Ugandan Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been granted bail. Kakwenza was arrested on  December 28, 2021, from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala suburb and held …

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OPINION. Kakwenza (and Uganda) deserve better

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

By Ivan Okuda  The East African Center for Investigative Reporting (EACIR), the publisher of the not-for-profit online publication, www.voxpopuli.ug is appalled by the continued detention and reported torture of writer …

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How the COVID pandemic changed digital journalism

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

James Mahon, University of the West of Scotland In the last decade, smartphones and mobile technology have altered newsrooms, transforming newsgathering, live broadcasting and content distribution. Trained on an iPhone …

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Reporting on traffic crashes: Best practices

November 22, 2021November 23, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

By Bloomberg Philathropies The way journalists write or speak about road traffic crashes influences how the audience perceives what happened, who is responsible and what should be done in response. …

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Climate change misinformation fools too many people – but there are ways to combat it

November 3, 2021 - by Guest Writer - 1 Comment

Mikey Biddlestone, University of Cambridge and Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge In recent decades, people in the UK have watched climate change shift from being an abstract threat …

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News / Story ideas

Tips for covering COVID-19 boosters — and helping your audience understand the scientific process

October 20, 2021December 4, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
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